{"id":14797,"date":"2016-12-12T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/?page_id=14797\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:19:56","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/weight-management-clinic\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-56598 size-full\" title=\"Photo Credit: Obesity Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meet-the-Team-1.jpg\" alt=\"Patient working collaboratively with provider to assess needs and treatment goals.\" width=\"768\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meet-the-Team-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meet-the-Team-1-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meet-the-Team-1-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In order to provide the best possible care for our patients, the Weight Management Clinic (WMC) has a diverse interdisciplinary team with experts in weight management from many different health care professions.<\/p>\n<p>Our team consists of surgeons, internal medicine physicians, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, social workers, behaviourists, exercise specialists, administrative clerks, a clinical manager and most importantly, <strong>YOU<\/strong>. We are a \u201cpatient-centred\u201d clinic, offering care that is based on best-practices in the area of obesity to ensure our patients are receiving the highest standard of care. We also consult with other departments within TOH (Cardiology, Thrombosis, Endocrinology and Anesthesiology) when a more specialized assessment is needed for our patients. The team meets routinely to review cases, work on quality improvement projects, and review the latest research to ensure the highest standards of care are being met.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to provide the best possible care for our patients, the Weight Management Clinic (WMC) has a diverse interdisciplinary team with experts in weight management from many different health care professions. Our team consists of surgeons, internal medicine physicians, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, social workers, behaviourists, exercise specialists, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":14776,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14797\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}