Dr. Jackie Stephens was recently an invited speaker at the DeWitt Goodman Seminar, hosted by the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at @Columbia. The seminar series honors the legacy of DeWitt S. Goodman, a renowned scientist and public health advocate who was a leading expert in vitamin A and cholesterol metabolism. Goodman chaired the first National Cholesterol Education Program and played a pivotal role in developing the initial national guidelines for treating high blood cholesterol to prevent cardiovascular disease. Dr. Stephens holds the Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research at Pennington Biomedical, where she serves as Director of the Adipocyte Biology Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the Metabolic Basis of Disease Center. She currently serves as President of The Obesity Society.

💫🌎 #IFSO2026Toronto Practical strategies to improve conversations, follow-up & outcomes in metabolic bariatric care. Real cases, interactive discussion & actionable tools to reduce weight stigma and strengthen long-term patient care. #ObesityCare @VioletaMoize

An honor and privilege to be the F.M.S. Simmons Patterson Lecturer on “Serendipity in Surgery” at The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University - joined by friends and giants in metabolic surgery Eric DeMaria and Walter Pories- felt I was bringing coals to Newcastle with the rich MBS history in Greenville, NC- wonderful day with ECU residents on their Research Day! Thank you!! @ASMBS @ECUBrodySOM @YaleMed @Yale @YaleSurgery @YNHH

Register for LOS in NOLA Aug 7-8! @PBRCNews @metabolic_knife @katiebqueen @LSUHealthNO @OchsnerHealth @ololhealth

Registration is officially open for the Fourth Annual Louisiana Obesity Conference this August! Scan the QR code or use the link provided to view the full agenda and meeting details! 🔗 louisianaobesitysociety.org/…

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Excellent opportunity to embrace all evidence-based treatments for obesity and associated medical complications, congratulations

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Honored as member of writing cmte for 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN CKM Guideline! rigorous marshaling of evidence & expertise-provides unified approach to treatment-elegant staging system with treatment, coordination & assessment recs - never a better time to treat obesity and its consequences - Obesity, Diabetes, MASH, CVD, CKD don’t occur in isolation- let’s treat them all jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.… @ASMBS @WorldObesity @ObesitySociety @AmDiabetesAssn @American_Heart @EliLillyandCo @novonordisk @boehringerus @Amgen @JNJNews @Medtronic @teleflex @ObesityAction @ACCinTouch @OMAsocial @pfizer

Thank you for the difference you make each day and for your dedication to delivering exceptional patient care; happy Metabolic and Bariatric Nurses Day! #ASMBS #IntegratedHealth #BariatricSurgery #MetabolicHealth #Healthcare #ObesityCare #ObesityTreatment #Obesity

Obesity is both a disease and a major driver of other NCDs - yet financing remains fragmented and insufficient. Investing in obesity delivers a double dividend: better health and stronger economies. ➡️ Find out more in our new brief: worldobesity.org/news/invest…

Siempre interesante platicar con mis colegas mexicanos acerca del futuro en el manejo de la obesidad. Gracias a el @ObesidadCMCOEM y @dgabymp , Antonio Rodriguez, @zerrweck , @felipecantuMD , y el resto de los participantes. Suerte a Mexico mañana en el primer juego del Mundial! @IfsoSecretariat @IFSOLAC

Pennington Biomedical seeks volunteers for study on how the body regulates weight pbrc.edu/news/media/2026/dip…

Seeking almond lovers, ages 25-50, to join the nutrition study, NUTS! We are studying how eating almonds before meals may help improve blood sugar levels. You will receive meals and snacks at no cost and compensation up to $1,000. See if you qualify: pbrc.edu/NUTS

I am very proud to announce that I've been named the next Executive Director of the OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the @UofOklahoma, effective September 1. It is the honor of a lifetime to lead a center built on Harold Hamm's extraordinary vision, alongside a team with the talent, resources, and ambition to take on diabetes at every level, from molecular discovery to caring for the patients who walk through our clinic doors. My charge is clear: to build the Center into a national engine for diabetes discovery, to recruit and mentor a world-class community of scientists, and to help Oklahoma reach its bold goal of reducing diabetes complications and deaths. Above all, my commitment is to turn that science into real, measurable gains for people living with this disease. To President Joe Harroz, Harold Hamm, and everyone who placed their faith in me, thank you. And to my friends and colleagues at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and across Louisiana, this has been a chapter I will fondly remember. Onward to the next chapter. Boomer Sooner!

📍TOMORROW! "Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS)" by IFSO Integrated Health 🗓️June 11, 2026 🕑03:00 PM CET Register here 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

We’ve know for yrs after bariatric surgery, patients lose>30% TBWL, but overall function IMPROVES. Some lean mass loss is ok. Still, exercise is important! @PBRCNews #adaSciSessions @ADA_DiabetesPro @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat @ObesitySociety @ObesityAction @rvcohen @FRubinoMD

You gotta go to IFSO Toronto! Magnificent city! A critical time in metabolic surgery. Learn how to thrive in these challenging times! @IfsoSecretariat @ASMBS @SAGES_Updates @bariatricBOMSS @NeilFlochMD @Ali_Aminian_MD @metabolic_knife @matthew_kroh @metabolic_knife @marinakurian