Zolik Family Pediatric Nutrition Month: The Role of Pediatric Bariatric Surgery in the Era of GLP-1 Medications

March 10, 2026
We invite you to join us for the Zolik Family Pediatric Nutrition Month CME webinar series!
 
These educational webinars will feature pediatric nutrition experts from around the country sharing information to help you care for your patients and their families.
 
The Pediatric Nutrition Month CME webinar series is made possible thanks to a philanthropic gift from the Zolik Family.
 
Pediatric obesity treatment is changing fast. With the rapid adoption of GLP-1 medications and growing use of metabolic and bariatric surgery, clinicians face more options and more complex decisions than ever before.
 
This session delivers a practical, evidence-based comparison of today’s most effective therapies, reviewing outcomes, durability, risks, and real-world considerations to help you confidently choose the right approach for adolescents with obesity. Register today!

Target Audience

This activity is designed for clinicians practicing general and subspecialty pediatrics, surgeons, dieticians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals interested in a scientifically sound approach to managing primary and disease-related nutritional disorders in children.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize the efficacy, safety, and limitations of GLP-1 receptor agonists in adolescents with obesity.
  • Explain evidence-based indications and guideline recommendations for metabolic and bariatric surgery in pediatric patients with obesity.
  • Integrate GLP-1–based pharmacotherapy and metabolic and bariatric surgery into a comprehensive treatment approach for pediatric obesity.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Natalie Pabijan
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
[email protected]
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-6418
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Event starts: 
03/10/2026 - 12:00pm
Event ends: 
03/10/2026 - 1:00pm
Activity opens: 
03/10/2026
Activity expires: 
04/10/2026
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Online Webinar
Chicago, IL
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the Comer Children's Hospital website!
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Natalie Pabijan via email.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
FACULTY
Marwa Abu El Haija, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Obesity Medicine Specialist
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford University
 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.

Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please note: The credit claiming process will close one month after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after one month may incur additional fees.
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