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ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at NIH Obesity Research Task Force Symposium on Obesity Medical Education
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at NIH Obesity Research Task Force Symposium on Obesity Medical Education On March 4, 2026, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune presented during the NIH Obesity Research Task Force Virtual Symposium on the "Present...
OAC and ABOM Foundation Release “Commit to Care” Promise to Strengthen Patient–Clinician Partnership in Obesity Care
OAC and ABOM Foundation Release “Commit to Care” Promise to Strengthen Patient–Clinician Partnership in Obesity Care As part of Obesity Care Week and World Obesity Day 2026, the ABOM Foundation in collaboration with the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) have released...
ABOM Foundation Endorses Standards for Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults
On January 13, 2026, the Obesity Association -- a division of the American Diabetes Association -- released the chapter on the Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults as part of their Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity. This article was simultaneously...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at AHA Scientific Sessions
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at AHA Scientific Sessions On November 9, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions during the symposium, "Obesity: Refining Definitions and...
Results of ABOM Foundation-Funded Obesity Medicine Educational Research Published
Results of ABOM Foundation-Funded Obesity Medicine Educational Research Published In Obesity Pillars, Dr. Marci Laudenslager from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine led a research team that conducted a prospective study evaluating the impact of an online...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at Models of Obesity Care Symposium
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at Models of Obesity Care Symposium On November 3, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune presented at the Models of Obesity Care Symposium, which was a day-long event organized by the Obesity Association, The...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APA Psychopharmacology Unplugged
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APA Psychopharmacology Unplugged On October 4, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune presented at the Psychopharmacology Unplugged, which was a virtual event organized by the American Psychiatric Association...
Obesity Medicine Leaders Present at 2025 Endocrine Society Obesity Fellows Program
Obesity Medicine Leaders Present at 2025 Endocrine Society Obesity Fellows Program The Endocrine Society Obesity Fellows Program is an educational forum on best practices in obesity care, exclusively for endocrinology fellows. This program was chaired by two leading...
New Publications on Obesity Medicine Fellowship Training
New Publications on Obesity Medicine Fellowship Training The Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council (OMFC) was established in 2018 with the goal to expand specialty training opportunities and increase the fellowship-trained obesity medicine physician workforce. There are...
Update Published on ABOM
An Update on the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM): 2017-2024 In Obesity, Dr. Brianna Johnson-Rabbett from the University of Nebraska led a research team that described the characteristics of ABOM physician diplomates over the last 8 years -- updating a...
ABOM Foundation Releases Annual Impact Report: 2024-25
ABOM Foundation Releases Annual Impact Report: 2024-25 In July 2025, the ABOM Foundation released its Annual Impact Report that highlights the accomplishments of the organization over the last 12 months -- key projects featured include research publications as well as...
Symposium Highlights First Standards of Care in Overweight & Obesity
Symposium Highlights First Standards of Care in Overweight & Obesity On June 20, 2025 at the 2025 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions, ABOM-certified physicians -- Dr. Kimberly Gudzune, Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford and Dr. Louis Aronne -- presented...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at 2025 ADA Scholars Program
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at 2025 ADA Scholars Program The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scholars Program is a career development program for early-career professionals who treat or research diabetes and its complications. During the Scholars' in-person...
Value of ABOM Obesity Medicine Certification Presented at 2025 ASMBS Meeting
Value of ABOM Obesity Medicine Certification Presented at 2025 ASMBS Meeting On June 19, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune presented at the 2025 national meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) on the...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at 2025 American Psychiatric Association Meeting
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at 2025 American Psychiatric Association Meeting On May 19, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune along with three additional ABOM-certified obesity medicine physicians -- Drs. Michelle Guy, Erica Romblom and...
ABOM Foundation Contributes to ADA Standards of Care in Overweight & Obesity
ABOM Foundation Contributes to ADA Standards of Care in Overweight & Obesity In May 2025, the Obesity Association -- a division of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) -- published the initial two chapters of the first ever Standards of Care in Overweight and...
New Article Published on ABOM as a Pathway for Competent Obesity Medicine Care
New Article Published on ABOM as a Pathway for Competent Obesity Medicine Care In March 2025, ABOM Medical Director, Dr. Brianna Johnson-Rabbett, lead a team to publish a new article on the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) entitled, "The American Board of...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at ADA Clinical Update Conference
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at ADA Clinical Update Conference On February 1, 2025, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune, presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Clinical Update Conference on "Psychology and Behavioral Health in...
Study Examines Prescribing Habits among ABOM-Certified Physicians
Study Examines Prescribing Habits among ABOM-Certified Obesity Medicine Physicians In Obesity Pillars, Dr. Selvi Rajagopal from Johns Hopkins led a research team that examined the prescribing habits among 565 ABOM-certified physicians that included both FDA-approved...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APG Fall Conference
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APG Fall Conference On November 12, 2024, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune, presented on a panel at the America's Physician Groups (APG) Fall Conference entitled "Value-based Obesity Care and the Role of...
A New Practice Analysis Defines the Body of Knowledge for Obesity Medicine
A New Practice Analysis Defines the Body of Knowledge for Obesity Medicine During Obesity Week 2024, ABOM Vice-Chair, Dr. Wickham presented the results of ABOM's 2023 Practice Analysis during the symposium, "Obesity Care (R)evolution." A practice analysis defines the...
Primary Care Experience Redesigned by People Living with Obesity – Presented at Obesity Week 2024
Primary Care Experience Redesigned by People Living with Obesity - Presented at Obesity Week 2024 At Obesity Week 2024, research was presented that engaged people living with obesity to redesign their primary care experience. The team used a co-design approach where...
ABOM Foundation Funded Research Presented at Obesity Week 2024
ABOM Foundation Funded Research Presented at Obesity Week 2024 Presented at Obesity Week 2024, Dr. Marci Laudenslager from Johns Hopkins developed two obesity medicine curricula and prospectively examined outcomes among residents. One group of residents participated...
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APA Mental Health Services Conference
ABOM Foundation CMO Presents at APA Mental Health Services Conference On September 27, 2024, ABOM Foundation Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kimberly Gudzune, presented a plenary session at the 2024 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Mental Health Services Conference...
ABOM Foundation Appoints Dr. Kimberly Gudzune As Chief Medical Officer
ABOM Foundation Appoints Dr. Kimberly Gudzune as Chief Medical Officer The American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) Foundation is pleased to announce that Kimberly A. Gudzune, MD, MPH has been appointed as its first Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Gudzune, a nationally...
Care from Obesity Medicine Physicians Linked to Obesity Medication Persistence
Care from Obesity Medicine Physicians Linked to Obesity Medication Persistence A recent analysis by a research team for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association examined the use of GLP-1 receptor agonist medications for obesity management among their adult beneficiaries...
ABOM Featured in American Heart Association Scientific Statement
ABOM Featured in American Heart Association Scientific Statement In May 2024, the American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement on the Implementation of Obesity Science into Clinical Practice. This scientific statement aimed to: 1) describe...
An Obesity Medicine Curriculum Increases the Obesity Care Self-Efficacy of Internal Medicine Residents
An Obesity Medicine Curriculum Increases the Obesity Care Self-Efficacy of Internal Medicine Residents in the Primary Care Setting There are well-documented gaps in physician training in obesity treatment; however, a recently published study suggests that the addition...
ACGME International Approves Obesity Medicine Fellowship
ACGME International Approves Obesity Medicine Fellowship Requirements The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medication Education International (ACGME-I) is the organization that accredits residency and fellowship training programs outside the United States that meet...