Integrated Health Section Multidisciplinary Care Committee

Brooke Doucet, RN CBN
Chair

Nicole Franklin, PsyD
Co-Chair

Janelle Coughlin, PhD
IHSEC Liaison

Members

Anita Baird, RN BSN CBN
Lucille Beseler, MS RDN LDN CDCES
Genna Hymowitz, PhD, Senior Past Chair
Joshua Malone, NP MS MSN-Ed APRN AGACNP-BC CCRN
Eva Panigrahi, PhD
Kate Rountree, RDN LDN
Colleen Schreyer, PhD, Immediate Past Chair
Dawn Stepnowski, DNP APN-C
Judith Summers, PA-C
Kalyn True, RD LD
Catherine Tuppo, PT MS CLT-LANA
Mae Zoltowsky, RN BSN CPHQ

Staff Liaison

Leslie Vinson

Mission

The mission of the committee is to provide evidence-based support for the role of the team members in the care of long-term success of the bariatric surgical patient. The committee is comprised of each integrated team member including exercise, behavioral health, nursing, nutrition, surgery, and obesity medicine.

Description

This committee represents a wide array of specialties that comprise the integrated team: behavioral health, nursing, nutrition, and obesity medicine. The goal of the committee is to investigate what literature has been published regarding the role of the team members in the care and long-term success of the bariatric surgical patient.

Objectives

  • Define optimal multidisciplinary approach to surgical care
  • Evaluate current evidence and identify knowledge gaps regarding the impact of multidisciplinary approach on patient outcomes

Committee Goals

  1. Create a pilot Mentorship Program to for ASMBS IH members
  2. Host two webinars per year for the IH community
  3. OAC Walk from Obesity Articles
  4. Increase committee membership by having all integrated health specialties – ongoing

Specific Projects that Achieve Goals and Objectives

  1. IH Pilot Mentorship Program Completed June 2024; assessing program with an exit survey
  2. Webinars
  3. Quarterly articles for the TREO Foundation’s Walk from Obesity
  4. The committee consists of a member from each IH specialty and recruits new members as positions become available

2023-2024 Completed Projects

  1. Launch of the IH Mentorship Program in June 2023 at the Annual Meeting with completion of pairing December 2023 and beginning of mentoring January 2024

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