7:30-8:00

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:15

Greetings & Introduction

8:15-8:45

History of obesity surgery

8:45-9:15

Standards for creating a bariatric program

9:15-9:45

Preoperative screening and patient preparation

9:45-10:15

Coffee break & discussion

10:15-11:15

Preoperative Care

11:15-12:00

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass:
Technique and Results

12:00-1:00

Lunch & Interesting Case Presentations

1:00-5:00

Group 1 - Animal Lab

Group 2 - Advanced Laparoscopic
Skills Workshop

7:30-8:00

Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:15

Review of day 1

8:15-8:45

Complications of bariatric surgery

8:45-9:15

Outcomes of bariatric surgery

9:15-9:45

Alternatives to gastric bypass

9:45-10:15

Coffee break & discussion

10:15-10:45

Gastric pacing for weight loss

10:45-11:15

LapBand

11:15-12:00

Revision Gastric Bypass:
Patient selection and technique

12:00-1:00

Lunch & interesting case presentations

1:00-5:00

Group 1 - Advanced Laparoscopic
Skills Workshop

Group 2 - Animal Lab