Name
K11 - Leveraging integrated behavioral health for medically assisted weight loss & surgery: case-based insights from three healthcare organizations
Date & Time
Friday, October 17, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location Name
306A
Description

Behavioral health is proven to be an important component of long-term success for weight loss management. From evaluating risk for those entering bariatric surgery to developing pre- and post-surgical care plans, to supporting those utilizing medication for weight management, such as GLP-1 agonists, behavioral health plays a role in positive outcomes. Join us as we share our experiences with integrating behavioral health into bariatric care and medically supervised weight loss.

Speakers
Laura Sidari MD, National Medical Co-Director for Integrated Care (CFHA), Director for Cayuga Integrated Behavioral Health (CMA), Consulting Psychiatrist, Cayuga Medical Associates, Ithaca, NY
Stacey Ouellette LCSW, CCS, Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Individual - Stacey Ouellette, Portland, ME
Cassandra Plummer LCPC, Behavioral Health Clinician, MaineHealth Behavioral Health, Sanford, ME
Katherine Casale PsyD, Psychologist, MaineHealth, Kennebunk, ME
Stacey Ouellette
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Collaborative Care Model of Integrated Care, Population and public health, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), Medicine
Objective 1
Discover how integrated behavioral health approaches, including psychiatric consultation, behavioral health consultation, and the Collaborative Care Model, support medication adherence and preparedness for bariatric surgery.
Objective 2
Explore case-based examples from healthcare systems to better understand the impact of integrated behavioral health on obesity care outcomes.
Objective 3
Apply integrated behavioral health strategies to optimize patient engagement, treatment adherence, and long-term success in obesity management.
Content Reference 1

Recommendations for the presurgical psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients. Stephanie Sogg, Ph.D. Jennifer Lauretti, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Lisa West-Smith, Ph.D., L.I.S.W.-S.

Content Reference 2

Moving beyond dichotomous psychological evaluation: the Cleveland Clinic Behavioral Rating System for weight loss surgery. Leslie J. Heinberg, Ph.D., Kathleen Ashton, Ph.D., Amy Windover, Ph.D.

Content Reference 3

A behavioral rating system predicts weight loss and quality of life after bariatric surgery. William Hilgendorf, Annabelle Butler, Lava Timsina, Jennifer Choi, Ambar Banerjeea, Don Selzer, Dimitrios Stefanidis. Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, Indiana Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Content Reference 4

ASMBS position statement on alcohol use before and after bariatric surgery. Manish Parikh, M.D, Jason M. Johnson, D.O., Naveen Ballem, M.D., on behalf of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Clinical Issues Committee

Content Reference 5

Psychiatric intervention pre- and post-bariatric surgery. Mrugesh Vaishnav, Snehil Gupta, Parth Vaishnav