ASMBS Committee Service:

• Current member serving on the Surgical Support Group Committee.
• Former members of the Multi-disciplinary Committee.

Annual Meeting Contributions:

1. Course Co- Director :  Support Group Symposium “Thinking out of the Virtual Box” Invited co-course Director for CME Symposium at ASMBS-Integrated Health Program at the Annual ASMBS Conference, Dallas, TX. June 8, 2022 
2. Course Co-Director : Support Group Professional Networking Session: Invired Co-Director  at the Annual ASMBS Conference, Dallas, Texas June 8, 2022 
3.  Course Director: “I thought I was stressed before….Re-engaging Staff: Burnout and Wellness”  Invited CME Course Director  for ASMBS Weekend Annual meeting. Virtual. January 29, 2021.   
4.  Session Presenter: ( speaker)  “I  thought I was stressed before….Re-engaging Staff: Burnout and Wellness.” Invited CME speaker for ASMBS Weekend Annual meeting. Virtual. January 29, 2021.    
5. Session Presenter: ( speaker)  “ Social Support for Post bariatric Patients:  Building a Patients Support System for for Better Post-Op Outcome”  Invited CME Speaker for CME Pre-conference Symposium at ObesityWeek 2016 Nashville, TN 2016 
6. ASMBS IH Webinar Panelist : “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy : Integrating Behavioral Change Strategies into Your Practice”  March 2020
7. ASMBS IH Webinar Panelist:  “Who You Gonna Call: Caring for Patients from an Integrated Health Perspective. “ ( Using Telemedicine as the Covid-19 pandemic continues) October 2020

Michigan State Chapter Contributions

1. Michigan Bariatric Society 2013 Meeting: Keynote Speaker:  A Bariatric Surgery Patients Relationship with Food: Emotional Eating and how it can Affect Outcome following Bariatric Surgery”  
2. Michigan Bariatric Society 2016 Meeting:  Speaker : Obesity Sensitivity: Implications for the Bariatric Center 
3. Michigan Bariatric Society 2018 Meeting: Keynote Speaker: Two Sisters and a Sleeve: Building a Patient Support System for Better Post-Op Outcome  ( I did this presentation with my sister who had VSG November 2017)

Bariatric Retreat, November 2023, San Antonio, Tx:- Keynote Speaker 

“Emotional Eating: What are you Really Hungering After? “

Bariatric Retreat, November 2023, San Antonio, TX:- Workshop Speaker 

“Boundaries Brainstorm Panelist: Navigating the Holidays as a Bariatric Patient “

 Virtual Bariatric Symposium. July 2023 - Workshop Speaker 

“ Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Use Disorder; Food to Booze” 

AdventHealth Bariatric Retreat, April 2022, Orlando, FL: Workshop Speaker

“Understanding Relapse & Regain on the Bariatric Journey “

“Losing More than Weight: Understanding the Waves of Grief & Loss on the Bariatric Journey “

Obesity Help National Conference 2019, Anaheim, CA - Workshop Speaker

“Headwork™: Could it be the Missing Piece of your Bariatric Surgery Journey? “

Obesity Help National Conference 2019, Anaheim, CA  - Ask the Expert Panelist

“Facing the Truth, Regain Happens! “ 

Western Michigan University Medical School Obesity Symposium 2019, Kalamazoo, MI  - Keynote Speaker

“Obesity Sensitivity and the Healthcare Professional”  

Obesity Week 2018, Nashville, TN - Speaker

“Social Support for Post-Bariatric Patients “

Michigan WIC Training and Educational Conference 2017, Traverse City, MI -Workshop Speaker 

“ Headwork™ for Health: The Missing Piece of the Obesity Epidemic” 

Michigan Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference 2016, Lansing, MI  - Speaker

"Headwork for Health: The Missing Piece of the Obesity Epidemic "

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