B.C. Obesity Network Agenda – Saturday April 28, 2012
08:15 – 08:45 Breakfast
08:45 – 09:15 Introduction – CANMEDS Approach: Dr. Sharadh Sampath
09:15 – 10:00 Eliminating Co-morbidities – Evidence for Bariatric Surgery: Dr. Nam Nguyen
10:00 – 10:30 Sleeve Gastrectomy – Facts and Fiction: Dr. Samaad Malik
11:00 – 11:30 Approach to the Challenging Bariatric Patient: Dr. Jesse Sidhu
11:30 – 12:00 Preventing and Managing Post-operative Nutritional Deficiencies: Dr. Priya Manjoo
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
12:15 – 13:00 The Ontario Bariatric Registry – A Model for the Country: Guest Speaker
13:15 – 13:45 Skin Reduction – The Forgotten Problem: Dr. Owen Reid
13:45 – 14:00 Coffee
14:00 – 15:00 Group Sessions – Standardizing Post-op Surveillance
- Interval of surveillance blood work
- Other Surveillance Investigations
- What Supplements to start
- When to stop medications and CPAP
15:00 – 15:30 Getting Patients Moving – Challenges for the Exercise Physiologist: Jonathon Cheung and Mark Factor
15:30 – 16:00 Deciding When Patients are “Surgery-Ready”: Mary Flesher
16:00 – 16:15 Closing Remarks: Dr. Sharadh Sampath
18:30 – 19:00 Refreshments at Globe@YVR Restaurant
19:00 – 19:45 A Short History of Bariatric Surgery: Dr. Brad Amson
19:00 – 20:30 Dinner at Globe@YVR Restaurant