We apologize for the delay in uploading this video. This is the recording from the January 28th weekly meeting.
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Cathi Roskind, RN, CBN
Cathi Roskind, RN, CBN is the bariatric program director with Commonwealth Bariatric Center. She has worked as a bariatric nurse since 2001, following many years of critical
care nursing.
Cathi
fully understands what it is like to battle obesity. She is a weight loss
surgery patient herself (2002), which helps to enhance her professional
knowledge in bariatrics. She also works as a Bariatric Legal Nurse Consultant;
was on the ASMBS Task Force committee for RN
credentialing in the bariatric nursing specialty. Cathi was one of the first nurses in
the State of Kentucky to become specialized in the bariatric nursing
specialty and was a member of the Chairman’s Council for Obesity Action Coalition. She is an Associate Member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery and is the founding member of the HOPE
Committee, a group of patient volunteers who raise funds for
donation to Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) that promotes obesity awareness,
specifically childhood obesity awareness issues. Cathi is a certified LAP-BAND
Champion.
