Diabetes Breakthrough:

Learnings from the Joslin’s Why WAIT Program

Professor Dr Osama Hamdy, M.D., PhD

Harvard Medical School
Joslin Clinic & Diabetes Center

Thursday, March 15th, 10:00am-11:00am

Auditorium 1 (Level 4), IMU
Dr Hamdy is the founder and medical director
of the Joslin Obesity Clinical Program, director
of inpatient diabetes management
and assistant professor of medicine at
Harvard Medical School. He is the creator
of Joslin Why WAIT program, the world’s first
clinical program designed to help patients with
diabetes lose weight through a novel
multidisciplinary approach. He chaired the
task force that developed Joslin’s nutrition
guidelines, is a member of the Nutrition
Committee of the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists and Vice-chair of the
International Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition
Working Group. Dr. Hamdy has published
more than 150 research articles and book
chapters.

For more information please contact

Professor Winnie Chee, PhD
winnie_chee@imu.edu.my
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