Maternal Mortality - Mothers are Dying in Childbirth: How do we Make a Difference?
Identify some of the challenges of accurately measuring maternal mortality.
Know the temporal trends in maternal deaths in the United States
Identify the health disparities and social determinants affecting maternal mortality.
Explore possible interventions for the major causes related to maternal mortality.
Bariatric Surgery: The Functional and Integrative Approach
To obtain an understanding of the Indications for Bariatric procedures
To gain knowledge and a better understanding of Bariatric procedures
To obtain knowledge of How to care for a bariatric surgical patient both pre and post operatively
How to utilize a functional medicine approach to add to the success of a surgical weight loss patient
Physicians and medical professionals will review complications of the disease process of obesity and review pertinent information about talking to your patients about obesity and counseling them on treatment. They will be able to summarize full scope treatment options and new advancements in the study of obesity.
Physicians and medical professionals will review and discuss dietary management recommendations for Type 2 Diabetes. They will examine the basis and possible mechanisms of a low carbohydrate diet and evaluate results from local populations.