Medical Methods in Obesity Treatmeant
Bariatric Times • January 2014
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and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
American Society of Bariatric
Physicians (ASBP)
Canadian Obesity Network –
Réseau canadien en obésité (CONRCO)
STOP Obesity Alliance
The Cardiometabolic Health
Congress (CMHC)
The Endocrine Society (ENDO)
The Harvard Medical School
Department of Continuing
Education
The Obesity Society (TOS)
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FUNDING: No funding was provided.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: The authors
report no conflicts of interest relevant to the
content of this article.
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Robert F. Kushner,
MD, is Chair, American Board of Obesity
Medicine, and Professor of Medicine,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Dana Brittan is
Executive Director, American Board of
Obesity Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
ADDRESS FOR
CORRESPONDENCE:
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Dana Brittan, Executive
Director, American Board of
Obesity Medicine, 3515 South
Tamarac Drive, Suite 200,
Denver, CO 80237; E-mail: brittan@abom.org