Course Agenda (Preliminary)
Saturday, September 11
Sunday, September 12
Monday, September 13
Saturday, September 11th
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Registration | |
| 3:00-3:15 p.m. | Welcome Introduction | |
| Session 1 - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Difficult Patient Problems (Panel) | ||
| 3:15-3:45 p.m. | Scenario 1 - 45 year old male, BMI = 65, diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, smoking, previous colectomy, large ventral hernia, wants the band | |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. | Scenario 2 - 65 year old female, BMI = 36, had open GBP 1998 with 55% excess weight loss, weight stable but still has diabetes and hypertension | |
| 4:15-4:45 p.m. | Scenario 3 - 45 year old female, BMI = 55, diabetes, hypertension and cirrhosis, awaiting liver transplant but must have weight loss first, also has unsupportive family | |
| 4:45-5:15 p.m. | Panel Q&A | |
| 5:15-5:30 p.m. | Break | |
| Keynote Address & Discussion | ||
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Do We Really Need a COE Program? - Neil Hutcher, MD | |
Sunday, September 12th
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast | |
| Session 2 - Where is Bariatric Surgery Headed? | ||
| 8:00-8:20 a.m. | Centers of Excellence Concept-Here to Stay or Gone Tomorrow? - Neil Hutcher, MD | |
| 8:20-8:40 a.m. | What will Bariatric Surgery Look Like after Health Care Reform - John Baker, MD | |
| 8:40-9:00 a.m. | Starting a Bariatric Program from Scratch - Rayford Kruger, Jr., MD | |
| 9:00-9:20 a.m. | Dealing With Health Insurance Carriers – Hints for Improving Success - Mitchell Roslin, MD | |
| 9:20-9:40 a.m. | Malpractice Lawsuits in Bariatric Surgery, Getting Better or Worse - Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD | |
| 9:40-10:00 a.m. | Panel Q&A | |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| Session 3 - Bariatric Movie Loft - How the Stars Deal with Difficult Problems | ||
| 10:30-10:40 a.m. | Laparoscopically Managing the Leak - John Baker, MD | |
| 10:40-10:50 a.m. | Accessing the Duodenum - Sajani Shah, MD | |
| 10:50-11:00 a.m. | Resecting the Gastrogastric Fistula - Sanjani Shah, MD | |
| 11:00-11:10 a.m. | How to Treat a Band Erosion - Aurora Pryor, MD | |
| 11:10-11:20 a.m. | Fixing the Concomitant Large Hiatal Hernia - Scott Shikora, MD | |
| 11:20-11:30 a.m. | How to Correct a Band Slippage - Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD | |
| 11:30-11:40 a.m. | Converting GBP to a sleeve for neurogylcopenia - Mitchell Roslin, MD | |
| 11:40-11:50 a.m. | Converting a Band to a Bypass - Julie Kim, MD | |
| 11:50-12:00 p.m. | GBP after Nissen Fundoplication - Raul Rosenthal, MD | |
| Breakout Session 4 - Behavioral Therapy in Bariatric Surgery | ||
| 10:30-10:50 a.m. | Complex Behavioral Issies - Psych Meds, Smoking, Pre-op Weight Loss, Personality Disorders, High-Demand Patients, etc - Isaac Greenberg, PhD | |
| 10:50-11:10 a.m. | Symptom Substitution - Emergent Risky Post-op Behaviors, Vulnerability,Screening, and Predictability - Stephanie Power, PsyD | |
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. | Psychosocial and Behavioral Strategies to Optimize Outcomes - David Sarwer, PhD | |
| 11:30-12:00 p.m. | Panel and Audience | |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch w/ Faculty (Pick their brains about tough cases or anything else.) | |
| Session 5 - Complex Complications - Getting OUT of Trouble | ||
| 1:00-1:20 p.m. | Intractable Ulcer Disease - Mitchell Roslin, MD | |
| 1:20-1:40 p.m. | Severe Anemia - Sajani Shah, MD | |
| 1:40-2:00 p.m. | Reactive Hypoglycemia and Severe Dumping - Edward Saltzman, MD | |
| 2:00-2:20 p.m. | Severe Metabolic Bone Disease - Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD | |
| 2:20-2:40 p.m. | Chronic Abdominal Pain - Rayford Kruger, Jr., MD | |
| 2:40-3:00 p.m. | Panel Q&A, Adjourn | |
| Breakout Session 6 - Nutrition | ||
| 1:00-1:20 p.m. | Waiting Room Head Turners: Case Reports of the Atypical Problems Dietitians Wish They Would Never Have to Hear - Meghan Ariagno, RD & Kerri Hawkins, RD | |
| 1:20-1:40 p.m. | Probiotics: Is it More Than Just for the Gut? - Margaret Furtado, RD | |
| 1:40-2:00 p.m. | Lab 101: Identification and Treatment of Vitamin Deficiencies - Margaret Furtado, RD | |
| 2:00-2:20 p.m. | The Dietitian as the "Psychologist": Methods to Get the Failing Patient Back on Track - Kerri Hawkins, RD | |
| 2:20-2:40 p.m. | Buy-in, How do We Get Patients to Follow-up After One Year? - Meghan Ariagno, RD | |
| 2:40-3:00 p.m. | Panel Q&A, Adjourn | |
Monday, September 13th
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast | |
| Session 7 - Rescuing Patients from Failure | ||
| 8:00-8:20 a.m. | Medical Options for Weight Regain - Edward Saltzman, MD | |
| 8:20-8:40 a.m. | What do You do With a Patient Who had Inadequate Weight Loss - Julie Kim, MD | |
| 8:40-9:00 a.m. | Overview of Revisional Surgery – Who, What, When and Why - Aurora Pryor, MD | |
| 9:00-10:00 a.m. | Faculty Debate – Which Revisional Option Do You Prescribe? (Panel) The Failed Band The Failed Bypass The Failed Sleeve The Failed Switch |
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| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| Breakout Session 8 - The Many Nursing Roles in Bariatric Surgery | ||
| 8:00-8:20 a.m. | Research - Ann Marie Melanson, RNP | |
| 8:20-8:40 a.m. | Clinical - Bobbie Lou Price, RN, BSN | |
| 8:40-9:00 a.m. | Operating Room - TBA | |
| 9:00-9:20 a.m. | Administration - Lindsay Dowd, RNP | |
| 9:20-9:40 a.m. | The Multifaceted Role of the Physician Assistant - Ketna Patel, PA-C | |
| 9:40-10:00 a.m. | Panel Q&A | |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| Session 9 - New Technologies - Are They Ready for Prime Time | ||
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. | Endoluminal Sleeves and Neuromodulation: An Update - Scott Shikora, MD | |
| 11:00-11:20 a.m. | Notes Primary Bariatric Procedures - Aurora Pryor, MD | |
| 11:20-11:40 a.m. | Point-Counterpoint - SILS Bariatric Surgery: Clinically Beneficial or a Marketing Gimmick - Julie Kim, MD & Mitchell Roslin, MD | |
| 11:40-12:00 p.m. | Panel - Debate: Where is Bariatric Surgery Heading - SILS, NOTES, Novel Procedures, or None of the Above - (Panel) | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjourn | |