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Speaker Topics: Internal Medicine

* Please note that this faculty member requests an honorariam

Topics:

  • Spondyloarthritis
  • Gout
  • Serological Testing in Rheumatology


John A. Flynn, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.R.
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine and Division of Rheumatology

Dr. Flynn earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and first joined The Johns Hopkins Hospital for his medical internship and residency. Dr. Flynn then completed a fellowship in clinical rheumatology at Hopkins before his appointment to the full-time faculty.

Now, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, and clinical director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1995, Dr. Flynn also holds a joint faculty associate position with the School of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services. In addition to his clinical practice and research interests, Dr. Flynn also focuses on teaching clinical instruction throughout the country and mentoring assistant chiefs of service at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Flynn is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.


Topics:

  • Weight sensitive management of type 2 diabetes
  • Medications that cause weight gain and their alternatives
  • Evaluation and management of an obese patient
  • Bariatric surgery: an overview of pre and post-operative care for internists
  • Obesity bias in society and healthcare


Mary Margaret (Mimi) Huizinga, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Digestive Weight Loss Center

Dr. Huizinga earned her medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she also completed a residency in general internal medicine.  After completing fellowships at Vanderbilt and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Nashville, Dr. Huizinga performed two additional years of training in obesity medicine and is well-versed in a variety of weight loss treatments, incuding bariatric surgery.

Currently the director of the Johns Hopkins Digestive Weight Loss Center, Dr. Huizinga researches the patient-provider relationship and how patient obesity impacts this relationship. Recently she has published articles about how primary care providers have negative attitudes towards patients with obesity. Her research interests center on improving the relationships between providers and patients with obesity. Dr. Huizinga is board-certified in internal medicine.

 
 
 
 
 

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