2025 Obesity Medicine & Weight Management Conference

Friday, November 14, 2025

Delta Hotel in South Burlington, Vermont

This conference is designed to improve the skills of primary care healthcare teams as they navigate new treatments in obesity medicine and weight management. The target audience includes primary care physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and other health professionals who pertain to primary care.

 

Attendee Registration

Exhibitor Registration

Pricing

Pricing

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Registrant Types:

Regular Registration
(Through September 1)

Late Registration
(After October 1)

Physician - MD, DO, ND

$275

$300

Advanced Practice Professional (NP, PA)

$225

$250

Nurses, Pharmacist or Other Healthcare Professional

$175

$200

Agenda

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2025 Obesity Medicine & Weight Management Conference
November 14, 2025 – Delta by Marriott, South Burlington VT
 

7:30 AM          REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, EXHIBITS

 

7:50                 Welcome Remarks

 

8:00              Keynote: Future Perspectives in Obesity Medicine

                        Ivania Rizo, MD, DABOM

 

9:00                 Pediatric Conversations

                        

                        

9:45                 Keynote: Behavioral Assessment in Obesity

                        Amy R. Beck, PhD, RYT 200

 

10:30               BREAK AND EXHIBITS

 

10:45               Obesity and Sleep Apnea

                        Veronika Jedlovszky, MD

 

11:30               Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)

                        Steven Lidofsky, MD, PhD

 

12:15 PM        LUNCH AND EXHIBITS

 

12:45               Medical Symposium (NO CME CREDIT)

 

1:15                 Dessert/Coffee and Exhibits

 

1:45                 Medication Access: PA Process from a Pharmacist's Perspective

                        Kelly Pratt, PharmD

 

2:30                 Midlife and Obesity

                        Kimberley Sampson-Paine, MD, MSc, FACOG, DipABLM, DipABOM, MSCP

 

3:00                 BREAK AND EXHIBITS

 

3:15                 Behavioral Weight Management 

                        Bridget Shea, RD

 

4:00                 Metabolic Bariatric Surgery vs. Medical Therapy in the Management

of Obesity and Associated Comorbidities

                        Wasef Abu-Jaish, MD, FACS, FASMBS

 

4:45                 ADJOURN

 

 

Lodging

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  Delta Hotel by Marriott - 1117 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403 

We have a limited number of rooms reserved at a special group rate for this conference

Please call for reservations at 802-658-0250 and mention that you are with the Obesity Conference to receive the room rate of $189.00. Please make your reservations by Tuesday, October 8, 2025.

  

Accreditation

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Accreditation Information Coming Soon!

 

In support of improving patient care, The Robert Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

Course Director and Faculty

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Information Coming Soon