Obesity medicine moves fast. Let's keep up with it together.
Free, small-group GP education in obesity medicine — built around the topics you submit. Choose the beginner, intermediate or advanced session that suits you, at a time that works for you. Hosted by MedSurg Weight Loss, Australian leaders in respectful, evidence-based, multidisciplinary obesity management.
Open to any AHPRA-registered GP in Australia. No cost. Login required to book a session.
Choose a beginner, intermediate or advanced session — pick a time that works for you.
Intermediate
Advanced
Dietetics
Psychology
Choose the stream and time slot that suit you when you book. After each session, complete a short survey to download your certificate of attendance for your CPD Home.
Tailored to your learning needs
Obesity medicine is evolving rapidly. New pharmacotherapies, emerging clinical trial data, updated guidelines, international consensus statements and changing models of care mean there is always something new to integrate into clinical practice.
Rather than following a fixed curriculum, each ObesityMed session is shaped by the learning priorities of the participating GPs. Before each session, participants submit the topics, questions or areas of practice they would like explored. These may include:
Recent evidence from clinical trials and real-world practice
Current, new and emerging obesity therapies
Australian and international guidelines and consensus recommendations
Practical approaches to the management of overweight and obesity
GLP-1 based and other pharmacological therapies
Bariatric surgery and surgical treatment pathways
Challenging clinical concepts or areas of uncertainty
Discussion of de-identified clinical cases to illustrate principles of evidence-based care
Across the program, we cover the pathophysiology of obesity, its complications, and the management of associated comorbidities — alongside the practical application of treatments, including medical and surgical interventions, and current dietary, psychological and exercise guidelines, ensuring learning extends across a genuinely multidisciplinary framework.
Sessions run in beginner, intermediate and advanced streams — you choose the stream and time slot that best matches your experience and learning goals. Every session is designed to provide practical, evidence-based education that can be translated into everyday clinical practice.
There's no need to choose just one session. Access to ObesityMed is unlimited — attend a single session or come back to many. As the evidence and therapies in this field keep evolving, most GPs find it useful to check in periodically and upskill, rather than treating it as a one-off session.
Educational scope
ObesityMed is a tailored educational program designed to support GPs' continuing professional development in obesity medicine. Sessions are intended to facilitate discussion of the current evidence base, evolving clinical practice and general management principles.
ObesityMed does not provide direct medical advice for your patients.
The program does not provide patient-specific medical advice or individual case management. Any clinical cases discussed must be fully de-identified and are used solely for educational purposes. Responsibility for all clinical assessment, decision-making and patient management remains entirely with the treating clinician.
Independent Medical Education
ObesityMed is Independent Medical Education (IME) — funded by the pharmaceutical industry on a non-exclusive basis, and developed and delivered independently of any sponsor. Educational content, direction and discussion are determined solely by MedSurg Weight Loss and its educators.
Sponsors have no role in developing, reviewing or approving session content.
Sponsors do not select or approve participants, and do not attend or otherwise access sessions.
Sponsors receive no attendee-identifying information and no details of case discussions — only aggregate, de-identified participation data (such as total GP numbers) may be shared, for transparency.
No sponsor relationship is required to attend, and there is never a cost for participating GPs. ObesityMed is not exclusive to any single sponsor — additional educational partners may be added over time.
Dr Paige Lanyon-Roberts
FRACGP · RACGP-RES Obesity Medicine · MBBS · BSc · SCOPE CertifiedDr Paige Lanyon-Roberts is a General Practitioner, Bariatric Doctor, Bariatric Surgical Assistant, and Medical Speaker with a special interest in metabolic health and obesity medicine. She is the Owner and Medical Director of MedSurg Weight Loss, a leading multidisciplinary bariatric medical centre in Brisbane, where she leads a team of specialist GPs and allied health professionals.
A Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Dr Lanyon-Roberts is one of the few clinicians in Australia to hold RACGP Recognition of Extended Skills in Obesity Medicine and also holds World Obesity SCOPE certification. She is an Associate Member of ANZMOSS and a Member of ANZOS.
With more than 10 years of experience as a Bariatric Surgical Assistant, she has helped care for over 3,000 patients undergoing bariatric surgery and has extensive expertise in pre- and post-operative management. She provides evidence-based, individualised obesity care, integrating medical, surgical, lifestyle, nutritional, and psychological therapies to achieve the best long-term outcomes.
Dr Lanyon-Roberts is a sought-after medical speaker who regularly presents at conferences on emerging obesity treatments, and is passionate about advancing metabolic health and reducing the stigma surrounding obesity as a chronic disease.
Hayley Sullivan
APD · BNutrDiet (Hons)Hayley Sullivan is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with a passion for helping people improve their health and confidence with food through compassionate, evidence-based care. She works across weight management, bariatric surgery, GLP-1 receptor agonist medications, type 2 diabetes and eating disorders, supporting both the physical and emotional sides of nutrition and behaviour change.
Hayley graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours), and co-authored a 2025 study on antenatal care following bariatric surgery, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Her path into dietetics began on a personal level, after her son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies as a baby — an experience that continues to shape the practical, non-judgmental approach she brings to every client.
Jo-anne Nicholls
APD · Credentialled Diabetes Educator · MNutrDietJo-anne Nicholls is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Diabetes Educator with over 17 years of experience, dedicated to helping people make sustainable lifestyle changes that improve their health and wellbeing.
Her expertise spans a range of autoimmune and chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis — an area shaped in part by her own journey with inflammatory arthritis, diagnosed after the birth of her first son.
Jo-anne holds a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education from James Cook University, with more than 14 years' experience across hospital and community health settings, including international work with the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver.
Glenn Mackintosh
Psychologist · Clinical Director, Weight Management PsychologyGlenn Mackintosh is a psychologist with a special interest in eating, physical activity, weight, body image and general health. He is the Clinical Director of Weight Management Psychology, creator of the Transformation Support Community program, and author of the bestselling book Thinsanity: 7 Steps to Transform Your Mindset & Say Goodbye to Dieting Forever.
Glenn regularly trains health professionals in applying psychological principles to patient care, and has delivered invited presentations on the psychological, behavioural and medical aspects of metabolic medications — including for the RACGP Specific Interests Group in Obesity Management, the Australian Psychological Society, Dietitian Connection and Classroom4Doctors.
The clinic behind ObesityMed
MedSurg Weight Loss is a doctor-owned and doctor-led multidisciplinary clinic in Brisbane, providing respectful, evidence-based obesity care. GPs, dietitians, psychologists and exercise physiologists work together under one roof, with telehealth available Australia-wide.
The clinic offers medical and surgical weight loss, supported by nutrition, psychology and exercise physiology. The same clinical experience informs the case-based discussion in every ObesityMed session.
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