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Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Presented by: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Co-Directors: Michel Gagner, MD and Ken Champion, MD

Tuesday - Wednesday, March 12 - 13, 2002

Objectives:

Participants will: Understand the disease of morbid obesity and different surgical techniques available for laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Learn to identify the appropriate candidate for this surgery. Recognize and understand common bariatric surgical complications and their management. Identify and treat postoperative metabolic deficiencies and consequences of post-surgical weight loss. Learn the technical details to perform the surgery in a laboratory. Observe laproscopic bariatric surgery .

Proposed Faculty:

Alfons Pomp, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, Terry Quinn, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, Daniel Herron, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, Michel Gagner, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, William B. Inabnet, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, J. Kenneth Champion, MD, Mercer University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, Guy-Bernard Cadiere, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Nicola Scopinaro, MD, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Greg Jossart, MD, CPMC, San Francisco, Phillip R. Schauer, MD, University of Pittsburg, PA, Kelvin D. Higa, MD, Saint Agnes Med Center, Fresno, CA, Hans Lonroth, MD, Gotenborg University, Sweden, Rudi Steffen, MD, Beau Site Clinic, Bern, Switzerland, Eric de Maria, MD, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Robert Yanagisawa, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, Christine Ren, MD, NYU School of Medicine, NY, Walter Lindstrom, Esq., San Diego, CA

Tuesday, March 12, 2002: Essentials of Bariatric Surgery

7:15am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

SESSION I: Background

8:00am

The disease of Morbid obesity, indications for surgery
and evolution of surgical treatment

8:30 AM

Pre-op Assessment, Screening and management of co-morbidities

9:00 AM

Instrumentation, OR setup

9:30 AM

Peri-operative issues (DVTprophylaxis, gallbladder management,
antibiotic prophylaxis)

SESSION II: Surgical Technique

10:00 AM

Laparoscopic Gastric banding

10:30 AM

Laparoscopic VBG

11:00 AM

Laparoscopic Gastric bypass

11:30 AM

Laparoscopic BPD/DS

12:00 PM

Lunch

SESSION III: Complications

1:00 PM

Peri-operative complications and management

1:30 PM

Nutritional Complications

2:00 PM

Late complications

2:30 PM

Coffee Break

SESSION IV: Conversions and Revisions

3:00 PM

Revisions/Conversions of Lap Gastric banding

3:30 PM

Revisions/Conversions of VBG

4:00 PM

Revisions/Conversions of Gastric bypass

4:30 PM

Revisions/Conversions of BPD

5:00 PM

Surgical Access Issues

Wednesday, March 13, 2001

7:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM

Live Surgery or Animal Lab: Live Surgery will be from 8 AM until 5 PM and will be multiple procedures of Laparoscopic gastric banding, vertical banded gastroplasty, gastric bypass and duodenal switch

12:00

Lunch

1:00 PM

Live Surgery or Cadaver lab

Logistics:

A shuttle bus will run from the New York Hilton & Towers to Mt Sinai for the morning session and will return to the New York Hilton & Towers at the conclusion of the afternoon session.

Course Description:

Obesity is associated with many health complications. Severe obesity can result in increased risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, degenerative joint disease, and psychosocial impairment. There are approximately 5.5 million obese Americans. Sustained weight loss in this population using dietary manipulation, behavioral modification and/or drug therapy is not often successful.

Surgical approaches for the management of morbid obesity have become a promising alternative for patients. A laparoscopic approach to these surgeries is quickly becoming the preferred technique. It significantly limits the incidence of wound infections, incisional hernias, and pulmonary complications, decrease post-operative pain and shorten hospital stay. This intensive two-day course will include didactic lectures, an optional laboratory (cadaver or animal), and live surgery.

Accreditation:

These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the sponsorship of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Mount Sinai School of Medicine is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Mount Sinai School of Medicine designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of (see Course Description for number of credits) credits in category 1 credits towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours that he/she spent in the educational activity.

Corporate Support:

Mount Sinai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center CME Events are sponsored in part by Autosuture-Division of Tyco Healthcare and Karl Storz Endoscopy.

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