PLENARY SESSION #3 - 1:15 pm – 1:25 pm
Evolving Paradigms in the Medical Treatment of Obesity
Optimizing Surgical Bariatric Outcomes: Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatments
Speaker
Dr. Mirna Azar, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinologie et Métabolisme
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Professeure adjoint de clinique Université de Montréal
American Board of Obesity Medicine Diplomate
Dr Mirna Azar completed her medical training in Internal Medicine at Université de Montréal and her specialty in Endocrinology & Metabolism at Mcgill University. She furthered her training in the field of obesity with one-year post-doctoral training at the Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Center of Excellence. Dr Azar is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr Azar practices at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, which is a teaching hospital affiliated to Université de Montréal, where she works jointly with the bariatric and metabolic surgery team.