Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS (@jaimealmandoz) 's Twitter Profile
Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS

@jaimealmandoz

Associate Professor and Medical Director of Weight Wellness and Obesity Medicine @UTSWMedCenter. Graduate of @MayoClinicEndo and @RCSI_Irl. 🇹🇹

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Beverly G. Tchang, MD (@bevtchangmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to Medscape for highlighting our Jackie Yao Michael J. Blaha Michael Albert, MD study in NEJM Evidence on #obesity severity and related diseases 👉 evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Especially ❤️🙏 this call to action on the #publichealth crisis from Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS “Immediate steps

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I appreciate Medscape for featuring our study found in NEJM Evidence Jackie Yao Beverly G. Tchang, MD Michael J. Blaha In a nationwide cohort study, class III obesity was linked to: 🔸11x higher risk of OSA 🔸8x higher risk of type 2 diabetes 🔸7x higher risk of MASLD Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS

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📢 Adults who developed Class III obesity before age 18 are nearly 3x more likely to experience severe weight stigma in adulthood 🩺 Meet patients where they are AND take a full weight history 🧠 Screening and support for stigma are critical 🔗 rdcu.be/eg4OU

📢 Adults who developed Class III obesity before age 18 are nearly 3x more likely to experience severe weight stigma in adulthood
🩺 Meet patients where they are AND take a full weight history
🧠 Screening and support for stigma are critical
🔗 rdcu.be/eg4OU
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💊 #Orforglipron oral small molecule GLP-1 shows: 👉 A1C ↓ up to 1.6% 👉 Weight ↓ up to 7.9% 👉 Safety profile ⬅️ consistent with injectable GLP-1s 📅 Data from ACHIEVE-1 just dropped 👀 Excited for full results at #ADA2025! #GLP1 #T2D #CKMsyndrome investor.lilly.com/node/52266/pdf

💊 #Orforglipron oral small molecule GLP-1 shows:
👉 A1C ↓ up to 1.6%
👉 Weight ↓ up to 7.9%
👉 Safety profile ⬅️ consistent with injectable GLP-1s

📅 Data from ACHIEVE-1 just dropped
👀 Excited for full results at #ADA2025!
#GLP1  #T2D #CKMsyndrome 
investor.lilly.com/node/52266/pdf
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Honored to give the Ira Rosenthal Memorial Lecture for UIC Pediatrics Grand Rounds. It’s not about getting to the highest medication dose or the lowest weight—it’s about the best health Grateful for the warm hospitality, Roxana Aguirre Claudia Boucher-Berry Guido Alarcón Mantilla #ObesityCare

Honored to give the Ira Rosenthal Memorial Lecture for UIC Pediatrics Grand Rounds. 

It’s not about getting to the highest medication dose or the lowest weight—it’s about the best health

Grateful for the warm hospitality, <a href="/raguirrec/">Roxana Aguirre</a> <a href="/ClaudiaBou58735/">Claudia Boucher-Berry</a> <a href="/AlarconGuid/">Guido Alarcón Mantilla</a> #ObesityCare
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🏁Daniel J Drucker kicks off #AACE2025 with his groundbreaking work on #GLP1 biology and #CKM therapeutics that has transformed care for millions. Congratulations on a great meeting Cecilia Low Wang and Scott Isaacs!

🏁<a href="/DanielJDrucker/">Daniel J Drucker</a> kicks off #AACE2025 with his groundbreaking work on #GLP1 biology and #CKM therapeutics that has transformed care for millions. 

Congratulations on a great meeting <a href="/CeciliaLowWang1/">Cecilia Low Wang</a> and <a href="/scottisaacsmd/">Scott Isaacs</a>!
Sarah Nadeem (@sarahnadeemmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Post bariatric surgery #obesity medications are needed in many patients & should not be framed as a “failure” -it’s a multipronged approach-helpful perspective and lots of learning from an amazing talk by Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS WeAreAACE #endotwitter

Post bariatric surgery #obesity medications are needed in many patients &amp; should not be framed as a “failure” -it’s a multipronged approach-helpful perspective and lots of learning from an amazing talk by <a href="/JaimeAlmandoz/">Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS</a> <a href="/WeAreAACE/">WeAreAACE</a> #endotwitter
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Just had the pleasure of moderating a Meet The Professor session at #AACE2025 with the legendary Dr. Tim Garvey—who reminded us that individualized care is key to delivering high quality obesity care.

Just had the pleasure of moderating a Meet The Professor session at #AACE2025 with the legendary Dr. Tim Garvey—who reminded us that individualized care is key to delivering high quality obesity care.
Clinical Care Options (@cco_education) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TOMORROW! ➡ Obesity is a key risk factor for OSA. Join experts Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS, Radhika S. Breaden, MD, PhD and Rafael Sepulveda, MD, D-ABOM for a dynamic symposium on effective weight management strategies for patients with OSA. 💻 In person/virtual bit.ly/42RIN19

TOMORROW! ➡ Obesity is a key risk factor for OSA. Join experts <a href="/JaimeAlmandoz/">Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS</a>,  
Radhika S. Breaden, MD, PhD and Rafael Sepulveda, MD, D-ABOM  for a dynamic symposium on effective weight management strategies for patients with OSA. 
💻 In person/virtual bit.ly/42RIN19
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🚨 Did you know? Most patients on GLP-1s experience a significant drop in food intake—yet few receive structured nutrition support. At #AACE2025, Colleen Rauchut Tewksbury PhD RD and I discussed key nutritional strategies from our paper in Obesity: 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/oby.24… #ObesityCare #GLP1 #AOMs

🚨 Did you know?
Most patients on GLP-1s experience a significant drop in food intake—yet few receive structured nutrition support.
At #AACE2025, <a href="/TewksRD/">Colleen Rauchut Tewksbury PhD RD</a> and I discussed key nutritional strategies from our paper in Obesity:

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/oby.24…
#ObesityCare #GLP1 #AOMs
Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS (@jaimealmandoz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Did you know? Up to 70% of people with #OSA also have obesity—weight loss can improve AHI and long-term health outcomes. At #ATS2025, we discussed how approved pharmacotherapies and comprehensive #ObesityCare can transform OSA treatment. #SleepApnea #ObesityMedicine #GLP1

🚨Did you know? Up to 70% of people with #OSA also have obesity—weight loss can improve AHI and long-term health outcomes.
At #ATS2025, we discussed how approved pharmacotherapies and comprehensive #ObesityCare can transform OSA treatment.

#SleepApnea #ObesityMedicine #GLP1
AACE (@theaace) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎧 New AACE podcast! In this episode, Dr. Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS, Associate Professor of Medicine at UT Southwestern, is joined by Dr Robert Kushner, Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and a leading authority in obesity medicine, to discuss the recent Lancet Diabetes &

Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS (@jaimealmandoz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just spoke at #ASN2025 on nutrition strategies for #GLP1 therapies. 🔑 Takeaways: prioritize protein, manage GI side effects, and support lifestyle changes for sustained success. Read the new advisory from ASN, ACLM, OMA, TOS: 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/oby.24… #ObesityCare

Just spoke at #ASN2025 on nutrition strategies for #GLP1 therapies. 

🔑 Takeaways: prioritize protein, manage GI side effects, and support lifestyle changes for sustained success. 

Read the new advisory from ASN, ACLM, OMA, TOS:
🔗  doi.org/10.1002/oby.24…

#ObesityCare
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Grateful to Drs. Agarwal and Umpierrez for the invite to #Diabetes360 in India An honor to present alongside global leaders like Stefano Del Prato, Thesle Wieckert, Nitin Kapoor & more 👏 Proud to be part of this exchange to improve #DiabetesCare worldwide 🌍

Grateful to Drs. Agarwal and Umpierrez for the invite to #Diabetes360 in India 

An honor to present alongside global leaders like Stefano Del Prato, Thesle Wieckert, Nitin Kapoor &amp; more 👏

Proud to be part of this exchange to improve #DiabetesCare worldwide 🌍
Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS (@jaimealmandoz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The outstanding Dr Nitin Kapoor gave an insightful overview of #ObesityCare in India at the #ADA #Diabetes360 meeting. He included many of his pivotal studies, such as this one on the high prevalence of healthy BMI-metabolic obesity.

The outstanding <a href="/KapoorNitinDr/">Dr Nitin Kapoor</a> gave an insightful overview of #ObesityCare in India at the #ADA #Diabetes360 meeting. He included many of his pivotal studies, such as this one on the high prevalence of healthy BMI-metabolic obesity.
Thelsa Weickert (@thelsaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am always so humbled and thrilled to be part of ADA’s Diabetes 360 meeting in India. Such an honor to share the stage with some of the true luminaries in the field like Drs. Umpierrez, Del Prato, Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS, Agarwal, and so many others. True trailblazers yet so welcoming.

I am always so humbled and thrilled to be part of ADA’s Diabetes 360 meeting in India.  Such an honor to share the stage with some of the true luminaries in the field like Drs. Umpierrez, Del Prato, <a href="/JaimeAlmandoz/">Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS</a>, Agarwal, and so many others.  True trailblazers yet so welcoming.