FinalBrochure

Ramsey Dallal, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Gianmattia del Genio, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, VA, USA

John Dixon, MD
Monash University, Alfred Hospital
Victoria, Australia

Alexandra Dresel, MD
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

Giovanni Dugay, NP
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Hesha J. Duggirala, PhDH
US Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD, USA

J. Chris Eagon, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA

Jill E. Endres, MD
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
San Diego, CA, USA

Adolfo Z. Fernandez, Jr., MD
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA, USA

John Fessenden, MD
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA, USA

George A. Fielding, MD
Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower
Queensland, Australia

Barry L. Fisher, MD
Surgical Weight Control Center and University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, NV, USA

Mathias A.L. Fobi, MD
Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Hawaiian Gardens, CA, USA

S. Ross Fox, MD
Surgical Weight Loss Clinic
Tacoma, WA, USA

Dan Jaffurs, MD
Guthrie Clinic
Sayre, PA, USA

Aimee Johnston, MBA
Private Practice
San Diego, CA, USA

Daniel B. Jones, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Kenneth B. Jones, Jr., MD
Private Practice
Shreveport, LA, USA

Joseph Kamelgard, MD
University Hospital, UMDNJ/NJ Medical School
Newark, NJ, USA

Payam P. Katebi, MD
Gate Institute, Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD, USA

L.V. Katz, MD
Center for Laparoscopic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital
Syosset, NY, USA

Ashutosh Kaul, MD
New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY, USA

Ara Keshishian, MD
Private Practice
Delano, CA, USA

Lalita Khaodhiar, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Julie Kim, MD

Tufts-New England Medical Center Obesity Consult Center
Boston, MA, USA

John R. Kirkpatrick, MD
Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA

Lyn A. Knoblock, MD
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL, USA

Junilla K. Larsen, Msc
St. Antonius Hospital
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Jihyun Lee, MD
Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Greenville, NC, USA

Wei-Jei Lee, MD
En-Chu Kong Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan

Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esquire
Obesity Law & Advocacy Center,
San Diego, CA, USA

Christine Litson, MS, RD
Michigan Medical P.C.
Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Manuel Lorenzo, MD

Center for Bariatric Surgery, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Hartford, CT, USA

Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr., MD
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC, USA

Picard Marceau, MD
Laval Hospital, Laval University
Chemin Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Joel D. Marcus, PsyD
Mind-Body Health Research Program, Texas A&M University System
Temple, TX, USA

Robert T. Marema, MD
U.S. Bariatric
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD
International Bariatric Surgery Registry, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, USA

Todd M. McCarty, MD
Baylor University
Dallas, TX, USA

Amir Mehran, MD
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL, USA

Barbara Metcalf, RN
Pacific Laparoscopy
San Francisco, CA, USA

Carol Meyer, RN
Gold Coast Obesity Surgery Centre, Gold Coast
Queensland, Australia

Philippe Mognol, MD
Hopital Bichat
Paris, France

Marlene Monteiro, PhD
Hospital das Clinicas
São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD
Moorehead, Parish and Associates and U.S. Bariatric
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Tina Napora, CMA, CPC
Private Practice
Torrance, CA, USA

Ninh Nguyen, MD
University of California, Irvine and Davis Medical Center
Orange, CA, USA

Hany A. Nowara, MD
Cairo University Hospital & Mokattam Surgery Center
Cairo, Egypt

Paul E. O’Brien, MD
Monash University, Alfred Hospital
Victoria, Australia

Terence O’Keeffe, MD
Legacy Health Systems
Portland, OR, USA

Tracy Owens, RN, BSN
Center for Surgical Weight Control
San Diego, CA, USA

James G. Peden, MD
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC, USA

Ralph Peterli, MD
Interdisciplinary Center of Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, St. Claraspital
Basel, Switzerland

Jaime Ponce, MD
Hamilton Surgical Weight Management Center
Dalton, GA, USA and
ITESM-Hospital San Jose, Monterrey
Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Chad E. Potteiger, DO
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA, USA

Bobbie Lou Price, RN, BSN
Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC, USA

Robert A. Rabkin, MD

Pacific Laparoscopy
San Francisco, CA, USA

Yannis Raftopoulos, MD
West Penn Hospital, Clinical Campus of Temple University,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Christine Ren, MD
NYU Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

Cathy Reto, PhD
Private Practice
San Diego, CA, USA

Tomasz Rogula, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

Raul Rosenthal, MD
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL, USA

Michael C. Roubicek, PhD, LCSW
Private Practice
Fresno, CA, USA

Robert Rutledge, MD
Private Practice, Davis Regional Medical Center
Statesville, NC, USA

Jose A Sallet, MD
Private Practice, Nove De Julho and Alvorada Hospital
São Paulo, Brazil

Edward Saltzman, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

John S. Sampalis, PhD
McGill University Health Center and JSS Medical Research
Montreal, Québec, Canada

Ronna Saunders, MSW, LCSW
Center for Behavioral Change
Richmond, VA, USA

James A. Sapala, MD
St. John-Detroit Riverview Hospital
Detroit, MI, USA

Richard H. Savel, MD
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Philip R. Schauer, MD
UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Benjamin E. Schneider, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

Jeffery Schuhaiber, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA

Michael L. Schwartz, MD
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, MN, USA

J. Ryland Scott, MD
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA, USA

J. Stephen Scott, MD
Midwest Bariatric Center
Wentzville, MO, USA

Paresh C. Shah, MD
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Burlington, MA, USA

Sherene Shalhub, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, FL, USA

Roy Shen, MD
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Scott A. Shikora, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Sherman C. Smith, MD
Private Practice
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Jorge L. Sosa, MD
Hialeah Hospital
Hialeah, FL, USA

Myur S. Srikanth, MD
Surgical Weight Loss Clinic
Tacoma, WA, USA

Wolfgang Stehr, MD
York Hospital
York, PA, USA

Thomas A. Stellato, MD
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA

Harvey J. Sugerman, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA, USA

Gerasimos P. Sykiotis, MD
University of Patras Medical School, University Hospital
Greece

Derek Talbird, ORT
Alvarado Center for Surgical Weight Control
San Diego, CA, USA

Laurence K. Tanaka, MD
Pacific Bariatric Surgical/Medical Group
San Diego, CA, USA

Michael Tarnoff, MD
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Phylis Thomason, MS, RD, LDN
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

David S. Tichansky, MD
Private Practice
Glen Allen, VA, USA

Leonardo Villegas, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

Mary Lou Walen
BariQuest
San Diego, CA, USA

Weu Wang, MD
En-Chu Kong Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan

Daria K. Wasowicz, MD
St. Antonius Hospital
Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

Alan C. Wittgrove, MD
Center for Surgical Weight Control
San Diego, CA, USA

Blanche Zanders,
Surgical Weight Loss Clinic
Tacoma, WA, USA

Tuesday, June 17 - 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Special Interest Groups are break out groups designed for specific practitioners and clinicians to network about their unique needs within their disciplines. (No CME credits or Contact Hours are available for these meetings.)

DIETITIAN

This group is designed for those individuals who council, interact and oversee the unique dietary needs of the bariatric surgical patient in the clinic or hospital setting. Moderator: Kelly Elliott, RD

SUPPORT GROUP

This group is designed for those individuals who are responsible for coordinating, facilitating or planning to begin a support group. Moderator: Susan Champion

OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF

This group involves a variety of office personnel including insurance billers, coders and authorizers as well as receptionists and patient coordinators. Moderator: Nicki Denker, RN

NURSING

This group is designed for the nursing personnel who are clinically involved in the care of the bariatric surgical patient in the hospital or clinic setting. Moderator: Rebecca Mudgett, RN, CNOR

PSYCHOLOGICAL

This group is designed for psychologists or psychiatrists interacting with the bariatric patient pre- and post-operatively. Moderator: Cathy Reto, PhD

Tuesday, June 17

Course Director: Tracy Owens, RN, BSN
(Up to 8.5 Contact Hours are provided by Taylor College.)

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:
1. Describe the disease of morbid obesity;
2. Identify appropriate bariatric surgical candidates;
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of bariatric surgical procedures;
4. Identify postoperative metabolic deficiencies and discuss treatment;
5. Discuss the management of postoperative metabolic complications;
6. Discuss the role of support groups and exercise for bariatric surgery patients;
7. Explain the importance of a multi-disciplinary bariatric program;
8. Interpret insurance and authorization issues;
9. Describe practice planning and marketing strategies.

Tuesday, June 17

Course Director: Tracy Owens, RN, BSN
(Up to 3.25 Contact Hours are provided by Taylor College.)

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:
1. Describe peri-operative positioning and protection for the MO patient;
2. Identify the special needs equipment required for bariatric surgery;
3. Identify the instrumentation needed for laparoscopic surgery.

Tuesday, June 17

Course Director: Tracy Owens, RN, BSN
(Up to 3.50 Contact Hours are provided by Taylor College.)

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:

1. Identify the phases of post operative psychological and physical recovery for bariatric surgery patients;
2. Describe the adjustments occurring in each phase;
3. Understand the complexity of the drivers of eating behaviors;
4. Describe what preoperative factors may make patients more vulnerable to difficulties during these phases;
5. Understand the role of direct care providers in facilitating referrals when appropriate during these phases.
6. Demonstrate the importance of the medical practice for accurate coding;
7. Recognize the correct use of modifiers;
8. Demonstrate understanding of the use of the global fee period (surgical package);
9. Increase accuarcy of the ICD-9 coding.

Wednesday, June 18

Program Chair: Tracy Owens, RN, BSN

This course covers a variety of topics related to the pre- and post-op care of the bariatric patient and although it is designed with the allied health professional in mind, it serves as an update in practice management for the physician. (Up to 7.5 Contact Hours are provided by Taylor College.)

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:
1. Recognize pre-existing nutritional deficiencies in the bariatric surgical patient;
2. Describe the rationale for the use of the duodenal switch procedure;
3. Discuss psychology’s potential role and relevance in bariatric surgery;
4. Describe the various eating behaviors with the bariatric patient pre- and post-op;
5. Discuss the importance of support groups and the role of competent leaders;

6. Analyze the success of weight loss to compliance of post-op follow up programs.

11:15 a.m. 9. Grazing: a high risk behavior. Ronna Saunders, MSW, LCSW

11:30 a.m. Questions for Panel

11:45 a.m. LUNCH (SERVED IN EXHIBIT HALL)

SESSION THREE
Moderator: Diane LeMont, PhD

1:15 p.m. Allied Health Section Updates

1:30 p.m. 10. Health and rehabilitation psychology: a model for the provision of psychological services to bariatric surgery patients. Therese Meyer, PhD; Rebecca Anderson, PhD

1:45 p.m. 11. Self concept: a multidimensional view of the adolescent bariatric surgery patient. Heidi C. Schelling, MA, LCSW; Michael C. Roubicek, PhD, LCSW; Gina M. Kellar, MA, MFT; Kathleen Munsell, BA

2:00 p.m. 12. Eating behavior before and after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) for severe obesity. Bert van Ramshorst, MD; Junilla K. Larsen, MD; Rinie Geenen, MD; Wolfgang Stroebe, MD; Laurens J.P. van Doornen, MD

2:15 p.m. 13. Helplessness over food, addictive behavior, and surgical weight loss success. Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD; Cynthia K. Buffington, PhD; Robert T. Marema, MD

2:30 p.m. Questions for Panel

2:45 p.m. BREAK

Wednesday, June 18

Course Director: Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr., MD
(Up to 7.0 CME credits are available.)

Didactic and Videos – emphasis on maximizing good results, avoidance of complications, management of complications.

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:
1. Describe various types of surgical techniques both open and laparoscopic.
2. List four complications associated with gastric bypass and describe their management.
3. List four complications associated with laparoscopic banding and describe their management.
4. List four complications associated with malabsorptive bariatric procedures and describe their management.
5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of open bariatric surgery vs. laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of restrictive vs. malabsorptive vs. gastric bypass surgeries.
7. List contraindications to bariatric surgery including age considerations.

Program Chair: John J. Gleysteen, MD
(Up to 15.75 CME credits are available.)

OBJECTIVES:
1. To define, discuss and solve specific problems in the treatment of morbidly obese patients in order to achieve maximum long-term safety and effectiveness.
2. Identify and discuss the development and use of new techniques to achieve weight loss by surgery in the morbidly obese.
3. Identify and distinguish the specific needs of bariatric patients.
4. Discuss Gherlin’s role in regulating appetite and body weight.
5. Explain how controlling genes may affect eating behaviors and treatment outcomes in the morbidly obese.
6. Recognize the frequency and seriousness of the co-morbidities of morbid obesity and how these conditions respond to bariatric surgery,
7. Discuss why the breadth of bariatric surgery is not limited to the control of weight.
8. Describe the underlying molecular biology for the control of various diseases.
9. Discuss the objective of the Swedish Obesity Study.
10. Discuss the implications of the Swedish Obesity Study’s current findings as it relates to bariatric surgery.

P1. Routine preop EGD for gastric bypass: are clinical features predictive of findings? Bola Asiyanbola, MD; John A. Bonadies, MD; Randolph B. Reinhold, MD

P2. Comparison of various deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis regimens used in a single institution: outcomes and complications. Aviv Ben-Meir, MD; Helmut Schreiber, MD; Julie Welcheck, RN; Indukumar Sonpal, MD; Linda Patterson, MD

P3. Characteristics and early outcomes of gastric bypass versus LAP-BAND® for morbid obesity. Mary F. DiGiorgi, BA; Amna Daud, MD, MPH; Marc Bessler, MD

P4. Weight loss after BPD. S Biron, MD, MSc; FS Hould, MD; S Lebel, MD; S Marceau, MD; P Marceau, MD, PhD

P5. Total remission of psoriasis after a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: case report and review of the literature. Oscar E. Brasesco, MD; Amir Mehran, MD; Mark Liberman, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD; Natan Zundel, MD; Raul J. Rosenthal, MD

P11. Laparoscopic approach decreases hernia, stomal stenosis and overall complication rates in gastric bypass. J. Chris Eagon, MD; Donna Marin, RN

P13. Symptomatic biliary disease in patients after open 120cm Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Imtiaz A. Munshi, MD; John Fessenden, MD; Mike Murphy, MD; Jeko Madjarov, MD; Bernadette Piepul, MD; Nicholas Coe, MD

P14. Failed weight loss after bilio-pancreatic diversion following previous laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. George A. Fielding, MD, Kevin Dolan, MD; Guy Slater, MD; Jennifer Duncombe, MD

P15. Reconstructive body contouring after bariatric surgery: surgical technique and management. S. Ross Fox, MD; Ki Hyun Oh, MD; Myur S. Srikanth, MD; Katherine M. Fox, RN, MPH

P16. Laparoscopic gastric bypass in the “massive superobese”. Karen E. Gibbs, MD; Nicole White, MD; Stefanie Vaimakis, MD; Julio Teixeira, MD

P17. Effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on calcium homeostasis in post-menopausal women. Rodrigo Gonzalez, MD; Nana Gletsu, PhD; Edward Lin, DO; Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD; C. Daniel Smith, MD

P18. Persistent vitamin deficiencies in obese gastric bypass patients given prophylactic multivitamin supplementation. Sattar Hadi, MD; Douglas C. Heimburger, MD; Teresa Leath, RN; Anthony W. Bondora, MD; Ronald H. Clements, MD
P19. The role of routine upper GI series following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Andrew Hawthorne, MD; Joseph Kuhn, MD; Todd McCarty, MD

LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY CADAVER LAB
(Up to 4.0 CME credits are available)
Saturday, June 21 (Course A)
SUPPORTED BY UNITED STATES SURGICAL
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Location TBA

Dan Jones, MD Michael Tarnoff, MD
Ninh Nguyen, MD Scott Shikora, MD
Philip Schauer, MD

Saturday, June 21 (Course B)
SUPPORTED BY ETHICON ENDO SURGERY
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Location TBA

Keith Boone, MD Todd McCarthy, MD
Chris Eagon, MD J. Stephen Scott, MD
Robert Marema, MD Paresh Shah, MD