ObesityMed
A free, peer-to-peer mentorship program in obesity medicine, for Australian GPs.
Small, case-based sessions with Dr Paige Lanyon-Roberts, FRACGP-RES — built for GPs who want to close the gap between fast-moving obesity pharmacotherapy and the CPD that hasn't kept pace.
Training hasn't kept pace with the clinic
Obesity is a complex, chronic, relapsing disease, and its management now sits squarely inside everyday general practice. But the field is moving fast — GLP-1 and dual/triple incretin-based therapies, evolving bariatric surgical pathways, and an expanding evidence base for lifestyle and psychological care — faster than traditional CPD formats can build applied, practical confidence.
GPs consistently report the same gaps: understanding obesity as a chronic disease, selecting and titrating pharmacotherapy, recognising and managing side effects, and knowing when and how to bring in dietetic, psychological, exercise physiology or surgical support.
Pharmacotherapy is changing faster than CPD content can be written.
Side-effect management is one of the most common confidence gaps GPs report.
Multidisciplinary integration — diet, psychology, surgery — is rarely taught together.
A hybrid of journal club and peer mentorship
Each session reviews current literature and landmark trial data alongside de-identified, case-based discussion — grounded in the questions GPs are actually asking.
Obesity pathophysiology and the chronic disease model
Current and emerging pharmacotherapy — oral and injectable GLP-1, dual/triple incretin agonists, and non-incretin molecules
Newly published research and clinical trial data, reviewed journal-club style
Dietary, lifestyle and psychological interventions
Bariatric surgical pathways and post-surgical care
Recognition and management of treatment side effects
Real-world application of evidence to complex, multi-morbid patients
A certificate of attendance with session learning outcomes, for your CPD Home
Sessions discuss general evidence, principles and guidelines only. They don't provide advice on the management of a specific patient — clinical responsibility stays with the treating practitioner at all times.
Built to stay editorially independent
ObesityMed is designed, developed and delivered independently by Dr Lanyon-Roberts, and funded on a non-exclusive, multi-sponsor basis — a deliberate choice to keep the content answerable to the evidence, not to any one sponsor.
No sponsor relationship required
Attendance never depends on any existing relationship with a sponsor, or referral from one.
Multi-sponsor, non-exclusive
Funded across several pharmaceutical and device partners, not a single exclusive backer.
Compliance-built
Structured against AHPRA, TGA advertising, RACGP and medico-legal governance standards from the outset.
Professional channels only
Promoted to AHPRA-registered doctors only — never marketed to the general public.
Dr Lanyon-Roberts
Dr Paige Lanyon-Roberts
FRACGP-RES · Founder & Medical Director, MedSurg Weight LossDr Lanyon-Roberts is an Australian-based GP with Recognition of Extended Skills in Obesity Medicine, and the Founder and Medical Director of MedSurg Weight Loss — a multidisciplinary obesity clinic offering medical and surgical weight management, in Brisbane and via telehealth Australia-wide.
Join the waitlist
Send us an email and we'll be in touch as places open up. No cost, no obligation, no sponsor relationship required.
info@obesitymed.com.auWe'll reply directly from this address to confirm your place on the waitlist.