Scientific Program

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20

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ASMBS FL Chapter Symposium 

That's Different (1.0 CME)

2:00 PM -3:00 PM 

Chair: John Paul Gonzalvo 

Co-Chair: Alexander Ramirez & natan Zundel 

• Gastric Ballons 

• 3 Port Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy

• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastoplasty 

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ASMBS FL Chapter Symposium 

Eating Disorders and MBS (1.0 CME)

3:30 PM -4:30 PM 

Chair: Aileem Schilling

Co-Chair: Sammi Siegel & Daniel Baughn

• Paving the way to healthy eating behaviors before and after MBS

• Dietary considerations 

• Tips to manage unhelpful earing behaviors after MBS 

THURSDAY OCTOBER 21

LEARNING CENTER: ENDOSCOPY

8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Luiz Quadros

Co: Chair: Helmut Morais

LEARNING CENTER: LAPAROSCOPY

8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Julian Varas

Co: Chairs: Matias Sepulveda and Elias Chousleb

LEARNING CENTER: ROBOTIC
8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Andre Texeira

Co: Chair: Ramón Vilallonga

LATIN-AMERICAN DAY – IFSO LAC SESSION

8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Chair:  Estuardo Behrenss

Co-Chairs: Luis Poggi, Sergio Aparicio and Nelson Rodríguez

Evolution and current state of teaching in Bariatric Surgery in Latin America

• Mexico

• Chile

• Brazil

• Argentina

• Massifying certification in Latin America

• First world surgery in a developing country

• Rafael Alvarez Cordero Tribute

• Keynote Lectures

Weight regain and recurrence of Diabetes

• Defining Weight regain and Recurrence of Post Surgery Diabetes

• Behavioural disorders that contraindicate reoperation

• When Not to operate on a patient with recurrent Diabetes

• Endoscopic evaluation and management of weight regain

• Surgical treatment of postgastric sleeve weight regain

• Surgical treatment of post-gastric bypass weight regain

• Patient with hypoglycemia-hyperglycemia post gastric bypass, management options

• VIDEO BAR (SBCBM Brazil)

INTEGRATED HEALTH – BONE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH IN BARIATRIC SURGERY

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Chairs: Mary O'Kane

Co-Chairs: Dale Bond, Cristina Aquino and Carmen Calleja
 

• Bariatric surgery and improved orthopedic outcomes

• Sarcopenia and bariatric Surgery

• What is optimum vitamin D status after bariatric surgery, and how do we achieve this?

• Improving activity pre-bariatric Surgery

• Breaking down barriers to physical activity post-bariatric Surgery

• Panel discussion

TOP 10 PAPERS                                              

8:00 AM -10:00 PM

Chair:  Scott Shikora

Co-Chair: Miguel Herrera and George Fielding
 

• Association of metabolic-bariatric Surgery with long-term survival in obese adults with and without Diabetes: a patient-level meta-analysis of 174,772 patients with 1·2 million years of follow-up    Presenter: Nicholas Syn

• A randomized trial of ursodeoxycholic acid to prevent cholecystectomy after bariatric surgery    Presenter: Sylke Haal

• Bariatric Surgery as secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease: a population-based matched cohort study in a universal healthcare system     Presenter: Aristithes Doumouras

• The long-term effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus Sleeve Gastrectomy on Reflux and Barret’s Esophagus: A Randomized Controlled Trial    Presenter: Ahmed Barazanchi

• Long-term results of primary SADI-S        Presenter: Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute

• Outcome Evaluation of Revisional Surgery for Malnutrition following SADI-S     Presenter: Bibiana Lasses

• Robotic Surgery Following sleeve gastrectomy: MBSAQIP database analysis for the years 2015-2018  Presenter: Abdulaziz Arishi

• The association between bariatric surgery and breast cancer outcomes: A matched cohort study     Presenter: Olivia Lovrics

• Development and Validation of a novel scoring system for non-invasive NASH detection in bariatric patients  Presenter: Adrian Billeter            

• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for Obesity: Results from the Multicenter ESG Randomized Interventional Trial (MERIT-trial) Presenter: Barham Abu Dayyeh

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SLEEVE PLUS

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Chair: Michel Gagner.   

Co-Chairs: Patrick Noel, Christine Ren and Jose Rodríguez Villareal

Can we stop postoperative GERD?’

• Sleeve + Hiatal hernia repair

• Sleeve + Phrenoesophageal suturing (Modified Hill)

• Sleeve + 360 fundoplication.

• Sleeve + Partial fundoplication.

• Sleeve + Ligamentum Teres  

• Panel, Q&A

Can we stop Weight regain, and what is the impact on GERD?

• Sleeve +  RNYGB vs DS    

• Sleeve + Mini-bypass vs SADI.  

• Sleeve + SASI vs OAGB

• Sleeve + SADI long term   

• Sleeve + Bipartition long term 

• Panel, Q&A

IFSO NAC Session - NEW TECHNOLOGIES

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Chairs: Laurent Biertho, Jaime Ponce

Co-Chairs: Mohit Bandhari, Aaron Hoffman, Moises Jacobs, Julian Varas

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• Vertical gastric clip 

• SASI-S (Single Anastomosis Stomach–Ileal Bypass - Sleeve)

• Magnetic Anastomosis: The present and the future. 

• Long single stapler for sleeve gastrectomy

• Simulation training new technology

• Panel discussion / Questions

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ICYLS SESSION - SURGICAL DISEASES IN THE BARIATRIC PATIENT

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Chair: Mariano Palermo

Co- Chairs: Marius Nedelcu, Edgardo Serra, Mauricio Sierra and David Nocca

General Surgery for bariatric surgeons Introduction lecture

• 100 years of compression anastomosis: Towards the next century

• Concurrent ventral Hernia and bariatric Surgery

The best management of biliary lithiasis

• Concomitant with bariatric Surgery

• After bariatric Surgery

• Choledocal lithiasis following RYGBP

General Surgery Complications following Roux en Y Gastric Bypass

Endocrine Surgery for bariatric patients

Cancer and bariatric Surgery

• When to perform bariatric Surgery following cancer and undiagnosed cancer during bariatric Surgery

• Cancer following bariatric Surgery

New procedures/concepts for bariatric Surgery

Reflux and bariatric Surgery

• Nissen sleeve

• Bariclip 

• Is the RYGBP always the answer

Endolumenal therapies 

• Endosleeve gastroplasty          

• Is there still a place for balloon therapy

• The place of robotic endoscopy

What’s new for hipoabsorptive procedures?

• Why is the total bowel measurement important?

• Current status of SADI    

• Jejuno ileal bypass    

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YOUNG IFSO

FRONTIERS AND EMERGING APPROACHES IN BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Chairs: Halit Eren Taskin

Co-Chair: Wah Yang, Diana Gabriela Maldonado
 

• From Laparoscopic to Robotic approach in Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery: Why robotic and remotely available surgeon is important in the Pandemic Era?

• The role of Bridging in reducing complications in high-risk bariatric-metabolic surgery patients.

• How can bariatric metabolic Surgery be tailored and justified for the treatment of Type-II Diabetes Mellitus in patients with Class-I Obesity?

• How to decide on the optimal procedure in case of multiple co-morbidities in a bariatric-metabolic surgery patient?

• The optimal model for educating trainees for bariatric and metabolic Surgery in a covid era

• Selected Abstract 1-4

• Discussion Q and A

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THE DUEL FOR THE HEAVIEST: BEST PERFORMANCES FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE OBESITY

1:30 PM -3:30 PM

Chairs:  Almino Ramos

Co-Chairs: Ricardo Zorron and Andrés Sanchez-Pernaute

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• The special problem of patients with severe Obesity: why most therapies fail?

• SG plus a second stage procedure will offer the best long-term weight loss. 

• Can a longer BP limb in RYGB do the job?

• OAGB is better than RYGB with less risk than DS/OADS.

• Open Debate First Block- Q&A

• Why is SADI-S superior to standard BPD and BPD/DS.

• Would we consider SASI for patients with severe Obesity? 

• Robotic second stage procedure: SADI, SASI or RYGB?

• Future Perspectives for the therapy of patients with severe Obesity 

• Open Debate Second Block- Q&A

METABOLIC SURGERY

1:30 PM -3:30 PM

Chair: Ricardo Cohen

Co-Chairs: Miguel Herrera, Michael Sutter and Sayeed Ikramudin
 

• Weight-loss as an endpoint after metabolic Surgery

• Newer insights of mechanisms of action

• Who benefits most: patients with a short history of T2D, younger and without insulin, or patients with previous CV events and/or advanced disease? 

• Metabolic Surgery as a renoprotective intervention

• We have enough evidence to support the benefits of metabolic surgery on cardiovascular events and mortality

• Current evidence to support the benefits of metabolic Surgery cardiovascular events and mortality

• Barriers to effective Obesity and T2D management 

• Will the new drugs replace metabolic Surgery?

WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY ORGANIZATION (WGO) SESSION

FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND OBESITY - CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSIES

3:30 PM -5:30 PM

Chair: Scott Shikora

Co-Chairs: Reem Sharaiha

Panellists: Samer Mattar (USA) (IFSO), David Victor (USA) (WGO), Barham Abu Dayyeh (USA) (IFSO), Chris Thompson (USA) (WGO) 

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Clinical case: A patient with Obesity and abnormal LFTs

• Clinical case: A patient with Obesity and abnormal LFTs (case presenter) 10’ Abdelrahman Nimeri (USA)

• Endoscopic management, data on endobariatric and LFT (endoscopist) 10' Reem Sharaiha (USA)

• Surgical management of the patient (surgeon) 10’ Gerhard Prager (Austria)  

• Medications and current trials from a hepatologist’s point of view? (hepatologist) 10’ Helena Cortez-Pinto (Portugal)

• Panel Discussion and Q&A session

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VIDEOSOCIAL DAY 1

3:30 PM -5:30 PM

Chair: Caetano Marchesini

Co-Chairs: Luis Vicente Berti, Mathew Kroh and Ricard Corcelles

ASMBS  

Top 5 Papers in the Past 5 Years

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 

Chair: Ali Aminian

Co-Chair: Mona Misra, Shanu Kothari

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ASMBS

Must See - Invited Videos

10:30 AM -12:30 AM 

Chair: Rana Pullatt

Co-Chair: Teresa LaMasters and Matthew Hutter

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ASMBS 

The Core Topics: Focus Practice Designation 

1:30 PM 3:30 PM 

Chair: Ann Rodgers 

Co-Chair: Eric DeMaria and Cori McBride 

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 22
 

LEARNING CENTER: ENDOSCOPY

8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Luiz Quadros

Co: Chair: Helmut Morais

LEARNING CENTER: LAPAROSCOPY

8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Julian Varas

Co: Chairs: Matias Sepulveda and Elias Chousleb

LEARNING CENTER: ROBOTIC
8:00 AM -5:30 PM

Chair: Andre Texeira

Co: Chair: Ramón Vilallonga

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LATINAMERICAN DAY – PART 2

8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Chair: Estuardo Behrens

Co-Chairs: Luis Poggi, Sergio Aparicio and Nelson Rodríguez
 

• Malabsorption and supplementation in Bariatric Surgery

• Pathophysiological mechanisms of the procedures

• Non-surgical treatment of protein malnutrition

• Treatment of the most frequent vitamin deficiencies in Bariatric Surgery

• Management of diarrhea and dumping after bariatric Surgery

• Anemias in Bariatric Surgery, optimal treatment

• Internal hernias and intestinal necrosis as a cause of malabsorption

• Complications of BAGUA

• Presidential Lecture

• CrossFire: Controversies in Bariatric Surgery

• One anastomosis vs multiple anastomoses

• Multiple anastomoses

• Contraindication for Manga

• It is not a contraindication

• Yes, it is a Contraindication

• Malabsorption vs restriction in bariatric Surgery: what is more important

• Restriction

• Ventral hernia repair in super-obese

• VIDEOBAR (SBCBM Brazil)

OBESITY AND IMMUNOLOGY- COVID, CANCER AND TRANSPLANTATION

8:00 AM -10:00 AM

Chair: John Morton

Co-Chairs: Álvaro García-Sesma and Juan Pablo Pantoja Millan, John Rodriguez, Gilberto Ungson

Covid

• Impact of Obesity on Contracting Covid and Its Complications?

• Does Bariatric Surgery Ameliorate Covid?

• How has and how will the pandemic change bariatric surgical practice?

• Group Discussion

Cancer

• Obesity and Risk of Cancer Mortality?

• Can Bariatric Surgery Reduce Cancer Mortality?

• Should we offer bariatric Surgery to cancer survivors to prevent recurrence?

• Group Discussion

Transplantation

• Impact of Obesity Upon Transplantation Access and Outcomes?

• Can Bariatric Surgery be performed on patients with end-organ failure- review of outcomes?

• What is the best procedure and setting for bariatric Surgery and transplantation- before, during or after?

• Group Discussion

INTEGRATED HEALTH: CHRONO BEHAVIOURS FOR WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND EFFECTIVE WEIGHT REGULATION

8:00 AM -10:00 AM

Chair: Mary O'Kane

Co-Chair: Silvia Leita Faria, Carmen Calleja, Julie Parrott

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Intermittent fasting – does it have a role?

• Sleep and Obesity

• Physical activity – does the timing matter?

• Stress management

• The role of the microbiome

• Panel discussion

PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE                         

Chairs: Lilian Kow, Scott Shikora

Co-Chairs: Natan Zundel, Raul Rosenthal

Part I.    Remembrance President: Lilian Kow, Scott Shikora

• Minute of Silence

• Tribute to our Deceased Leaders:

  • Nicola Scopinaro presented by Luigi Angriani

  • Edward Mason presented by Raul Rosenthal

  • Harvey Sugerman presented by Raul Rosenthal

  • Mitiku Belachew presented by Harry Frydenberg

Part II.     Presidential Address and IFSO Awards 

• Introduction of the President, Ahmad Aly 

• Presidential Address, Lilian Kow

• Introduction of the New President, Raul Rosenthal   

• Life Member and Honorary Member Awards, Lilian Kow

Part III. "Wisdom from The Past"     

• Past, Present Future of Bariatric Associations, Kelvin Higa

• What is the Real Virus, Natan Zundel

• Ethics and Bariatric Surgery, Rafael Alvarez Cordero  

THE X FACTOR: HOW TO NAVIGATE FROM RESIDENCY TO PRACTICE

2:00 PM -3:30 PM

Chair: Marina Kurian

Co-Chairs: Weiner Sylvia, Michelle Marquez, Luciana Elkadre, Aparma Govil Bhasker, Sonja Chiappetta, and Christine Ren
 

• How to Maximize Your Fellowship into Practice                                              

• What to Expect and Plan for with your First Job                                                            

• From Assistant to Professor: What Are the Pitfalls?                                        

• Is the Future Publishing Papers or Posts?                                                          

• Managing Difficult People and Life in Your Surgical Career                           

• Follow Your Bliss, and You Will Never Work a Day in Your Life. Que?          

• Panel: My Personal Strategy for Success

• Discussion

IFSO European Chapter SESSION

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM                   

Chairs: Gerhard Prager, Jacques Himpens

Co-Chairs: Jacques Himpens, Nicola Di Lorenzo and Martin Fried

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• Why Obesity should be recognized as a disease

• How to define a better composite endpoint to compare different bariatric surgery series

• Role of Surgery in excessive weight loss after bariatric Surgery

• Different effects on metabolic endpoints of T2DM and NASH

IFSO Asian Pacific Chapter SESSION                

Chair: Kazunori Kasama

Co-Chair: Lilian Kow, Muffazal Lakdawala, Seung Ho Choi

• Part I: Old vs Young: What is the right age to become a bariatric surgeon, and what is the right age to retire? 

• Part II: Chocolate vs Smoking: what's worse for bariatric patients? 

IFSO MENAC SESSION                       

Chair:   Ali Khammas Yammahi

Co-Chairs: Khalid Mirza Gari, Khaled Gawdat, Salman Sabah

Part 1 "From the ward to court"

• "I am being sued": What's next? 

• "I am an expert witness": What is my role? 

• Lawsuits in Bariatric Surgery: “The Hidden Risk” 

Part 2 "Disaster videos"

• Massive bleeding from an aberrant vein during sleeve gastrectomy and hiatal hernia repair.

ROBOTIC SURGERY

2:00 PM -3:30 PM

Chair:  Andre Teixeira

Co-Chairs: Ramon Vilallonga, Erik Wilson, Anthony Gonzalez, Mohit Bandari, Carlos Galvani, John Rodriguez
 

Robotics-The FUTURE is Now

• Introduction to Robotic Bariatric Surgery: Are there any benefits to robotic sleeves?        

• Robotic RYGB handsewn GJ Anastomosis and technique pearls?

• Robotic RYGB Stapled GJ Anastomosis and technique pearls?      

• Panel Discussion with Presenters

• Robotic DS and SADI-S, will robotic surgery increase adoption

• Robotic Revisional Surgery Advantages and Disadvantages           

• Robotic Revisional of Bypass to DS /SADI-S: worth it or too risky

• Why not robotics? Any disadvantages besides cost?        

• Other robotic systems available: Are ready for Primetime?                           

STAR WARS

2:00 PM -3:30 PM 

Chair: Camilo Boza

Co-Chair: Rami Lufti, Jaime Ponce, Sammer Mattar and Carlos Zerrweck
 

• COVID crisis has seriously affected Bariatric Surgery and will take years to recover                             

• COVID crisis has benefit Bariatric Surgery with awareness and patients as never before  

  • Round 1 & Round 2                        

• Metabolic Surgery: Ready for the prime time

• Metabolic Surgery: The promise never came true

  • Round 1 & Round 2

• Linx will grow as an option for Reflux after sleeve

• Nissen -Sleeve has become an alternative

  • Round 1 & Round 2

• Endoscopic Gastroplasty will increase as a first step treatment of obesity

• The new balloons will be the first option

  • Round 1 & Round 2                        

• Sleeve Gastrectomy will be abandoned for reflux and bad results

• Sleeve gastrectomy will consolidate as the first bariatric option all over the world

  • Round 1 & Round 2                        

• One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass will make SADI disappear

• SADI Is better than OAGB as a second step procedure

  • Round 1 & Round 2

WORLD OBESITY FEDERATION SESSION (WOF)

COMBINING MEDICATIONS WITH SURGERY FOR GREATER SUCCESS

3:30 PM -5:30 PM

Chair: Johanna Ralston
 

• Combining therapies with Surgery reduces the variability of surgical weight loss.

• Adding medications for post-surgical gain: what does the evidence show to guide who to treat, when to add meds and what medication to add.

• Combining therapies with Surgery reduces the variability of surgical glycaemic benefits – outcomes of STAMPEDE

• Gold standard medications for weight management, diabetes management. 

• Combining therapies with Surgery reverse end-organ damage – outcomes of MOMS.

• Gold standard medications for prevention of complications – CVD events, CKD smf heart failure.

• Panel discussion regarding the challenges of combining therapies with Surgery and future research needs. 

• What studies do we need to do to maximize outcomes of health benefits of Surgery and medical combinations? 

• What drugs are likely to be in the market within 5 years?  How will this affect our treatment approaches?

• What can we learn from bariatric surgery mechanisms to guide the development of new medical targets?

ASMBS 

Complications and How I deal with Them: Video Debate

8:00 AM -10:00 AM 

Chair: Joe Northup 

Co-Chair: Marina Kurian and Rami Lutfi

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ASMBS

The Great Debates: Pros and Cons by the Experts

2:00 PM -3:30 PM 

Chair: Rich Peterson

Co-Chair: John Scott, Farah Husain, Stephanie Sog

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 23

BARIATRIC VIDEOS SESSION 1

9:00 AM- 10:15 AM

Chair:  Allan Saber

Co-Chair: Mohit, Luiz Berti, Richard Peterson, Jorge Daes, Chetan Parmar

BARIATRIC VIDEOS SESSION 2

9:00 AM- 10:15 AM

Chair: Marcos Berry

Co-Chairs: Luciano Antozzi, Felipe Cantú, Luciano Poggi, Priscila Antozzi

INTEGRATED HEALTH ABSTRACTS SESSION

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Chair: Lilian Craggs

Co-Chairs: Tracy Martinez, Karen Flander, Maureen Mosti, Carmen Calleja and Magda Farias

IFSO VIDEO CASE REPORTS SESSION           

Best VCR 2020-2021

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Chair: Ashraf Haddad

Co-Chairs: Greve Jan Willem, Abdelrahman Nimeri and Almino Ramos
 

• JANUARY 2020  "Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Double Fistulo-Jejunostomy for Chronic Gastric Leaks After Converted Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Sleeve Gastrectomy”        Panagiotis Lainas                    

• FEBRUARY 2020  “Modified-ESD Plus APC and Suturing for Treatment of Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass™”                  Christopher Thompson

• MARCH 2020  “Plicated Sleeve Gastrectomy with Combined Mesocolon and Greater Omentum Fixation After T-Shaped Omentoplasty: How to Do it?”    Emad Abdallah

• MAY 2020  "Internal Hernia Following Primary Laparoscopic SADI-S: the First Reported Case" Daniel Cottam

• JUNE 2020 “Obstruction After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Roux Obstruction and Biliopancreatic Gangrene up to Ligament of Treitz”      Ahmad Bashir, Ashraf Haddad      

• JULY 2020 “Laparoscopic Removal of a Displaced Vertical Gastric Clip Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction”  Roberto de la Plaza Llamas          

• AUGUST 2020 "Novel Endoscopic Management of a Chronic   Gastro-Gastric Fistula 

• Using a Cardiac Septal Defect Occluder" 

• SEPTEMBER 2020 "Surgical Management of a Chronic Sleeve Gastrocolic Fistula with Near-Total Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Reconstruction"        Nicholas Dugan         

• OCTOBER 2020 "Necrosis of the Nissen-Sleeve Gastrectomy (N-SG) Wrap"       Chetan Parmar

• NOVEMBER 2020 "Single-Session Endoscopic Ultrasound-Directed Transgastric ERCP (“EDGE”) in a Bariatric Patient with Pancreatic Mass and Biliary Obstruction"  Petr Vanek and Guru Trikudanathan

• DECEMBER 2020  "Laparoscopic Clip Gastroplasty with the BariClip"                       

• Award to Best VCR of 2020   Patrick Noel       

• JANUARY 2021  Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Reversal with Concomitant Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) for Refractory Hypoglycemia: an Unusual Procedure      Haydar Nasser

• MARCH 2021     "The Hardship of Recovering a Patient from Liver Failure after One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass    Ashraf Haddad & Ahmad Bashir       

• MAY 2021  One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass in Patient with Situs Ambiguous    Manuel Ferrer-Márquez

• JUNE 2021 Internal Hernia After Laparoscopic One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: Video Case Series of a Single-Center Experience   Mohamed Elkalaawy/ Marco Adamo

• Award to Best VCR of 2021

ASMBS FLORIDA CHAPTER MEETING / ASMBS INTEGRATED HEALTH FLORIDA CHAPTER MEETING

9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Chair: John Paul Gonzalvo MD

Co-Chairs: Alexander Ayzengart, Vicky Blackard, Aileem Schilling
 

Current state of adolescent and pediatric Obesity           

• Behavioral treatments                  

• Dietary considerations  

• Surgical Management   

• Ethical considerations                   

• Q and A                               

Options after Weight regain post MBS                  

• Importance of aftercare               

• Conversion to RYGB         

• Conversion to SADI/SIDS                              

• Obesity medicine                            

Futurism and MBS                          

• Robotic                

• Outpatient Surgery

• Bariatric surgery and transplants

• How insurance companies are shaping the future                             

• Social media and global connection        

• Q and A

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