The Gaining Health Podcast

In this episode of What's Up Wednesday, we review the article: Pharmacotherapies for Post-Bariatric Weight Regain: Real World Comparative Outcomes by Gazda et al. published in Obesity (Silver Spring) May 2021. This was retrospective analysis of 207 individuals at one center treated for post-bariatric surgery weight regain between 2014 to 2019 ( Of note: this was prior to the availability of s...

October 19, 2022 The Gaining Health Podcast Episode 5: Culinary Medicine and Functional Nutrition with Shefaly Ravula   In this episode, host Karli Burridge speaks with fellow PA, Shefaly (Shef) Ravula about ways in which Shef has incorporated cooking and food as medicine with herself, her family, and with her patients. They discuss Shef’s journey to finding the power of nutrition, starting with t...

10/26/2022 Medical Management of Women with Chronic Medical Conditions Before and After Pregnancy The Gaining Health Podcast, Episode 4 In this episode of What's Up Wednesday we will be reviewing the article titled " Interconception Care for Primary Care Providers: Consensus Recommendations on Preconception and Postpartum Management of Reproductive-Age Patients With Medical Comorbidities...

10.12.2022  The Gaining Health Podcast  Episode 3: How to Initiate the Discussion of Obesity with Patients: Sandra Christensen In this episode of the Gaining Health Podcast, Karli Burridge speaks with her mentor, friend, and colleague, Sandra (Sam) Christensen about the importance of mentorship, obesity and women’s health, how to initiate the discussion of obesity with patients, and Sandra’s own p...

10.12.2022   The Gaining Health Podcast Episode 1: What the heck is  obesity medicine - with Dr. Angela Fitch In this inaugural episode of the Gaining Health Podcast, Karli Burridge speaks with Dr. Angela Fitch about what obesity medicine is and what obesity medicine specialists do on a day-to-day basis.     Dr. Fitch is the Associate Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center an...

10.12.2022 The Gaining Health Podcast Post-prandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia following RYGB In this What's Up Wednesday episode, obesity medicine specialist Karli Burridge discusses a study published in the Obesity Journal, April 2021, titled Symptomatic Hypoglycemia After Gastric Bypass: Incidence and Predictive Factors in a Cohort of 1,138 Consecutive Patients, and discusses how clinic...

10.11.2022 The Gaining Health Podcast Trailer: Karli Burridge Welcome to the Gaining Health Podcast, where we are revolutionizing healthcare with obesity medicine! In this trailer, the host of the Gaining Health Podcast, Karli Burridge, PA-C, MMS, FOMA, introduces herself and shares why she is passionate about obesity medicine and starting this podcast. Links and Resources: www. GainingHealth.com...