Join us for a one-hour interactive webinar designed for primary care physicians, exploring the real-world challenges and opportunities in long-term obesity management.
Led by Prof. Shlomo Vinker, this session will provide practical, evidence-based insights to support diagnosis, individualized treatment planning, and ongoing care for patients living with obesity. Through expert talks and live Q&A, you’ll gain tools to navigate obesity as a chronic, relapsing condition—beyond BMI and into real-life clinical practice.
Live Event Highlights
- Topic: Obesity Management is a Long Journey: Chances and Challenges
- Date & Time: Wednesday, 8th October, at 4:00 PM CEST
- Duration: 1 Hour
- Speakers: Dr. Gabriel Cuatrecasas, Dr. Luca Busetto and Prof. Shlomo Vinker
What to Expect
- How to go beyond BMI to assess body fat distribution and comorbidities
- Individualized goal-setting and treatment planning
- When and how to escalate care
- Real-world barriers like insurance limitations and social determinants of health
Speakers
Prof. Shlomo Vinker
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, and WONCA Europe
Dr. Gabriel Cuatrecasas Cambra
MD, MBA, EAP Sarrià Primary Care Centre, Barcelona, Spain AISBE Primary Care-Hospital Clinic Obesity Unit, Barcelona Spain
Dr. Cuatrecasas he has been working since 2005 as a specialist in Family and Community Medicine at the Sarrià Primary Care Centre in Barcelona. Additionally, since 2007, he has been part of the Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Nutrition CPEN Group. Since 2022, he has also coordinated the Primary Care section within the Endocrinology and Obesity Service at Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Since 2024 he has served as the Obesity Representative at the Primary Care Diabetes Europe. Dr. Cuatrecasas founded the Obesity Study Group within the Catalan Family Medicine Society (CAMFIC) and has co-coordinated the Obesity Group at the Spanish Family Medicine Society (SEMFYC).
Prof. Luca Busetto
Department of Medicine, University of Padova
He earned his degree in Medicine, followed by a post-graduate specialization in Geriatrics, and later completed a PhD in Experimental and Clinical Gerontology—all at the University of Padova. He currently serves as Full Professor of Nutrition and Dietetic Sciences in the Department of Medicine at the University of Padova and is the Director of the Clinical Nutrition Unit at Padova University Hospital.
He is the author of 214 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, with an H-Index of 59 on Scopus and a total of 12,446 citations. He also holds the position of Vice President for the Southern Region of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) and is the Past President of the Italian Obesity Society (SIO).
Dr. Vinker is a family physician living in Ashdod, Israel. He works in an urban clinic and serves as a full professor and associate dean at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medicine. He previously chaired the Department of Family Medicine. He is the president of WONCA Europe and the former chair of the Israeli Association of Family Physicians. Dr. Vinker is the Chief Medical Officer at Leumit Health Services.