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ECHO Session 9: Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Medical Professionals



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Description

This presentation will discuss how to manage eating disorders for primary care providers as well as recommendations for the appropriate level of care for each eating disorder based on physical, behavioral, and psychiatric criteria. The session will review the steps needed to create a comprehensive treatment plan for patients with eating disorders and address considerations for including other professionals within the team to provide patient recommendations. The session will finish with suggested professionals and resources to assist with patient care.

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to: 

  • Confidently recommend which level of care a patient would benefit from based on specific criteria for each of the eating disorder diagnoses
  • Create a comprehensive treatment plan for patients that have eating disorders including identifying which other professionals may need to be part of the care team
  • Identify providers in Arizona for therapy, dietary services, and psychiatry that are great partners with primary care physicians to help treat patients with eating disorders

Dr. Garber and Dr. Yoblonski have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. AzAAP gratefully acknowledges financial support for this ECHO series from the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry.

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Faculty

ECHO FACILITATOR: Lara Yoblonski, MD, FAAP, MPH, Pediatrician, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee Chair's Profile

ECHO FACILITATOR: Lara Yoblonski, MD, FAAP, MPH, Pediatrician, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee Chair


Dr. Yoblonski has worked at Phoenix Childrens Hospital in the Homeless Youth Outreach program and the Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing for the past eleven years. She currently works with homeless youth and families, foster children and youth, and survivors of sex trafficking. Trauma informed care is an area of interest due to the patients she works with. She has been working with the AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee for the past two years.


ECHO EXPERT FACULTY: Nicole Garber, MD, Chief Medical Officer - Blackbird Health, Psychiatrist at Sahara - Behavioral Health's Profile

ECHO EXPERT FACULTY: Nicole Garber, MD, Chief Medical Officer - Blackbird Health, Psychiatrist at Sahara - Behavioral Health


Dr. Garber, MD is board certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Obesity Medicine. She began her career at the Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas where she worked primarily with eating disorders and borderline personality disorder. In 2015 she returned to Arizona where she worked on the adolescent unit at Rosewood. After leaving Rosewood she became the Chief of Psychiatry at The Meadows Ranch and Vice President of Psychiatric Services for Meadows Behavioral Health until the end of 2022. She also worked as the Chief Medical Officer at Alsana. She is currently serving as Chief Medical Officer at Blackbird Health and a Psychiatrist with Sahara Behavioral Health providing care to individuals with eating disorder, suicidality, non-suicidal self-harm, and trauma. She is passionate about providing exceptional patient care associated with eating disorders. She is also devoted to treating people with borderline personality disorder and utilizing her certificate in DBT. She has advanced training in Mentalization Based Treatment, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and completed her training in Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Therapy through the Houston Psychoanalytic Institute.