
Thursday,
December 4 , 2025
7:00–8:00 AM PST
Hilton Universal City Hotel
Universal City, CA 91608
Sierra Ballroom B (Lobby Level)
Registration has closed. Please join the live stream if you would like to attend and earn CE credit for viewing this symposium.
Learn from Leaders | Connect with Peers
Join leading experts at WCIRDC for this independent satellite breakfast symposium exploring the critical link between obesity, MASLD, and MASH.
This independent satellite symposium, held during the 23rd World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC), will address the urgent need for clinician education on obesity and its complex, multifactorial relationship with metabolic diseases. Faculty experts will explore the pathophysiological links between obesity and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and steatohepatitis (MASH), highlight evidence-based strategies for screening and diagnosis, and review emerging therapeutic options.
Designed for endocrinologists, internists, hepatologists, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, and cardiologists, this activity will equip learners with the knowledge to optimize early detection and integrated management of obesity and obesity-related comorbidities, improving outcomes across diverse patient populations.
Meet Our Faculty

Robert F. Kushner, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Center for Lifestyle Medication
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA

Amreen M. Dinani, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, USA

Jennifer Green, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, USA
In-Person & Virtual Registration
If you’re unable to attend in-person, this WCIRDC session will also be available via live stream on our social channels and via Zoom. Learners can still attend and earn credit for free if you join the session via the live stream options.
Endocrinologists, general and internal medicine specialists, hepatologists, advanced practice providers (APPs), pharmacists, and cardiologists who provide care to patients with obesity and associated comorbidities, including MASLD and MASH, CVD, T2D, and CKD.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Outline the pathophysiological processes leading to the development of obesity and associated comorbidities including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH)
- Implement evidence-based best practices for screening for and diagnosis of MASLD and MASH in patients with obesity
- Evaluate new treatment approaches for obesity and MASLD/MASH
- Welcome and Introduction
- Pathophysiology of Obesity: Understanding Mechanisms That Modulate Body Weight and Lead to Obesity-Associated Comorbidities
- The Role of the Liver in Metabolic Disease in Patients with Obesity
- Emerging Options for Treatment of MASLD/MASH in Patients with Obesity
- Conclusions and Q+A with Expert Faculty
This activity is provided by MLI, in collaboration with TMIOA/MEEF
Accreditation, Support and Credit
In support of improving patient care, Medical Learning Institute Inc is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
Medical Learning Institute Inc (MLI) designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Participation information will be shared through the ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
For Physicians requesting MOC credit, the post-test and evaluation are required in their entirety as well as your ABIM ID number, DOB (MM/DD), and a score of 70% or higher is needed to obtain MOC credit.
PA
Medical Learning Institute Inc has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
Successful completion of this nursing continuing professional development activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hour.
Pharmacy
Medical Learning Institute Inc designates this knowledge/application-based* continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Universal Activity Number: JA0007322-0000-25-XXX-L01-P*
For Pharmacists, MLI will accept your completed evaluation form for up to 30 days and will report your participation to the NABP only if you provide your NABP e-Profile number and date of birth. Within 6 weeks, view your participation record at the NABP website: https://nabp.pharmacy/
*TBA if knowledge- or application-based CE. UAN to be updated pending pharmacist designation confirmed.
Medical Learning Institute Inc is committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, MLI requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MLI policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.
Support Statement
This activity is supported by an independent medical educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.