CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Pre-op Weight Considerations

Gynecologic Cancers and Obesity

Sarah Chapelsky, MD, FRCP(C)
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
Director, Women’s Preoperative Weight Loss Clinic, Royal Alexandra Hospital
Clinical Lecturer, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB

Dr. Chapelsky completed medical school at the University of Calgary and general internal medicine training at the University of British Columbia. Now based in Edmonton, she is the Director of the Women’s Preoperative Weight Loss Clinic at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, which serves patients with obesity and gynecologic cancers. She practices at the Edmonton Adult Bariatric Specialty Clinic (formerly Weight Wise), a tertiary clinic at the Royal Alexandra Hospital offering both medical and surgical options for obesity management. She also leads a comprehensive, community-based weight management program at Enhance Medical.