Clinical Management
The purpose of the Clinical Management of Obesity Section is to form a collective group of practicing clinicians to improve our presence within The Obesity Society and the medical community, to help with common problems faced by practicing clinicians, and lastly to promote good ethical treatment of the overweight patient by all practicing clinicians.
Goals
- Increase membership:
1. Nurse practitioners
2. Clinical psychologists
3. Exercise physiologists
4. Physician assistants - Increase communication between ASBP and TOS physicians
News
Join the Clinical Management of Obesity Section
All section members must be a member of The Obesity Society.
If you are not a member of The Obesity Society, join today. Be certain to select the Clinical Management of Obesity Section when completing your profile.
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Please contact Sadie Campbell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Governance and Executive Assistant if you have any questions.
Clinical Management ListServ
Section Listservs are now available for TOS members! Listservs are a great place to find and to share knowledge and ideas. Sign up Today!
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Leadership
Pankaj Vij, MD FACP (Chair 2012-2013)
The Permanente Medical Group, Pleasanton, CA
Dr. Vij attended medical school at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and graduated in 1993 having 19 years of experience. Dr. Vij then started a residency in Internal Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI. After five years in solo private practice in Michigan he decided to come to California where he has been privileged to work with The Permanente Medical Group since 2002. Dr. Vij works with the Medical Weight Management Program which is a designed to help patients who are at least 50 pounds overweight.
Eileen L. Seeholzer, MD, MS (Past Chair 2011-2012)
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Seeholzer is the founder and Director of the Weight Management Clinic, which she started in 2003 at
Christy Boling Turer, MD, MHS (Chair-Elect)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dr. Turer is a dual-trained and dual-practicing pediatrician and internist, and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Duke University Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency, and Duke/NIH Clinical Research Training Program. Her post-doctoral training included education and experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of randomized clinical trials. Her thesis focused on tailoring dietary interventions to obesity-related metabolic derangements. In 2010, she became a faculty member in both Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is an alumnus of the Dannon Nutrition Leadership program (Class of 2011). Her current research focuses on identifying effective pediatrician clinical practices that promote behavior change and weight improvement in children. Her goal is to become a physician leader in the translation and dissemination of evidence-based best clinical practices and interventions into standard clinical practice. She is well-versed in challenges faced by practicing clinicians in treating obesity in the clinic, as well as bridging the related worlds of research and clinical practice. She has been a TOS member since 2003.
Denise E. Wilfley, PhD (Council Liaison 2011-2014)
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Denise Wilfley is a Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, and also serves as Director of the Weight Management and Eating Disorders Program at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Wilfley is a TOS fellow, and has been a member of TOS since 1998 and a member of the Pediatric Obesity Section since 2000. She currently is a member of The Obesity Society Scientific Review Committee and previously served on the editorial board of Obesity. Dr. Wilfley’s vision for TOS Pediatric Obesity Section includes increasing the scope and support of the Section and bringing a greater focus on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions to “real world” clinical practice. Her research program focuses on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity and eating disorders in youth, and her work been influential in developing innovative and cost-effective methods for early intervention and prevention of obesity and eating disorders.
