
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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25-01-2020 01:57:33
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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

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



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


🏁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!





Two obesity Geniuses debating about “too little or too much” weight loss: non-responders, weight loss plateau and maintenance options #AACE2025 Jaime Almandoz, MD MBA FTOS

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


🚨 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



🎧 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 &



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.


Thank you so much. Its been an absolute honour to host you in India, look forward to more fruitful collaborations in future and hope you visit us more often. :) Endocrine Society of India Endocrine Brigade RSSDI (official) IMPA South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies IDEC PUNE southasiaobesityforum


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.
