Credits Available: 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 4.25 AAFP Prescribed credits

Description: Obesity currently affects more than 2 in 5 adults in the United States and demonstrates significant associations with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes (T2D), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and steatohepatitis (MASH), osteoarthritis, sleep disorders, and reproductive health complications. Obesity care continues to evolve with advancing treatment options, emerging best practices in comorbidity management, and evidence-based guidance on patient-centered approaches, creating new opportunities to improve outcomes for patients living with obesity.

To support clinicians in comprehensive obesity management, this educational initiative will facilitate peer-to-peer learning, case-based discussions, and practical guidance through simulation-based scenarios. Participants will gain enhanced competence in recognizing and managing the relationships between obesity and a range of comorbidities, develop skills in creating individualized treatment plans that integrate evidence-based pharmacological and lifestyle interventions, and strengthen patient-centered communication strategies that support treatment adherence and improved patient outcomes.

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Target Professions: DO, MD, Nurse, Pharmacist, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Associate/Assistant, MBBCh, MBBS
Target Specialties: Obstetrics/Gynecology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Care, Hospitalist, Men's Health, Preventive Medicine, Women's Health

Ledyenska Ballesteros

Gonzaba Medical Group
Physician Associate

Ledyenska Baez Ballesteros is a board-certified PA with concentrations in internal medicine and obesity medicine. She earned her Master of Science Degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX in 2007.
PA Ballesteros is currently employed at Gonzaba Medical Group in San Antonio, where she has practiced internal medicine since 2011. In 2015, PA Ballesteros created the clinic’s obesity medicine program, which she still runs. The program emphasizes on weight management for adults (primarily elderly) with chronic medical, psychological, and physical conditions. It also focuses on weight management for those with financial hardships. PA Ballesteros is dedicated to educating and helping her patients in caring for their health. She has also remained active in educating her peers in the medical community on obesity and its management through local and national conference presentations and social media platforms.
She received the Obesity Management in Primary Care Certificate in 2019 followed by the Certificate of Advanced Education in Obesity Medicine in 2020.
PA Ballesteros currently serves as President-Elect for PAs in Obesity Medicine. The national organization provides aid and education to PAs practicing bariatrics and obesity medicine and those interested in helping their patients with obesity.
She is also secretary and board member of San Antonio Obesity Society and a member of AAPA, Bexar County PA Society, Texas Association of PAs, Association of PAs and NPs, Obesity Action Coalition, and the Obesity Medicine Association.
On her personal time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their two young children.