Applications for a one-year Obesity Medicine Fellowship are now open! Consider applying for this rewarding field addressing one of—if not the most—pressing public health problems of our time. https://t.co/SvTf4Pe1nc

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Want to build a seamless obesity medicine program across pediatrics and adult care? Join Drs. Chaves, @lauradavisson, Haggerty, and O’Hara at #OM25 as they break down what it takes to build, connect, and sustain multidisciplinary care models that work.

I honestly hate going through cash pricing options with patients. Makes me feel like a sales person rather than a doc. But finding the best deal for them is realistically the best way to get them the treatment they need for their health in our current reality.

Our incoming chiefs are learning all things academic medicine @AAIMOnline

1/6 Time is running out. Key health care programs—including expanded telehealth authorities and the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program—expire at the end of March. 🏥📅

I contacted my lawmakers and urged them to support extending telehealth flexibilities. Join me! #ASCOAdvocacy

Telehealth reduces the risk of infection by allowing patients to receive medical care from home. But without Congressional action, Medicare telehealth coverage is ending soon for millions. If your provider participates in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), some telehealth

New Advocacy Tool – Make Your Voice Heard! Thanks to @AmericanTelemed Action, there’s now an easy way to advocate for continued access to #telehealth.

So well deserved. Sarah is a star! The Department and all of @WVUMedSchool /@WVUMedicine is fortunate to have her in this role

Exciting Leadership Transition at WVU School of Medicine! Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Sofka, MD, FACP, on her new role as Associate Dean & ACGME Designated Institution Official for the WVU School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education program! Learn more: https://t.co/QZHuGVrceD

Should Patients With Thyroid Issues Take GLP-1s? It Depends

“These drugs don’t replace lifestyle changes. They seem to make them possible.”

PEIA director Brian Cunningham has left; financial challenges remain ahead https://t.co/gK9gKzvmtx

Congratulations to former @wvudeptofmed fellow @LuismiNieto14 on passing obesity medicine boards! @ABOMcert

Check out this cool writing by my colleague Dr. Sizemore! OrthoCoin A dystopian satire predicts the future physician reimbursement system. By Jenna Sizemore, MD, ACP Member ACP Hospitalist

Link to CBS evening news from last night. I was interviewed about treating obesity in WV and patients told their stories.

I testified ⁦@peia hearing. They are in crisis & raising costs. How can I ask them to pay for $$$ obesity GLP1s when other plans are dropping coverage? PEIA already invested in a pilot & that money should not be wasted. Cover small #patients already in pilot & follow outcomes!

Diabetes Educators and WVU Medical Weight Management RDs hosted a delicious, engaging, and educational nutrition workshop on healthy holiday eating at ⁦@wvudeptofmed⁩ ⁦endocrinology and diabetes conference

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