Course Co-Directors:  R. Armour Forse, MD, FASMBS and Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD

*Up to 3.25 CME credits available*

Course Overview and Target Audience:
The session provides a format for students, residents or fellows to present the research that was submitted for oral presentation in the Plenary Session but not accepted.  A reviewer for each paper has been arranged to facilitate discussion and provide objective and constructive critique to the student/resident/fellow presenter. The second half of this course will be presented in an Answer/Question-type format that mirrors the popular game show “Jeopardy”.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe study methodology in bariatric surgical research
• Define acceptable patient follow-up
• Discuss resolution of comorbidities as research outcomes and endpoints.
• Identify the need for consistency of surgical technique in bariatric research

Maintenance of Certification:

For bariatric surgeons, surgeons new to the field of bariatric surgery, and primary clinicians, this event will provide CME in their specific specialty to comply with Maintenance of Certification (MOC) in the following areas:  (1) Patient Care, (2) Medical Knowledge,  and (3) Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.

1:15pm            THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN BARIATRIC RESEARCH – Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FASMBS

1:30pm            SRF-101:  ECG ABNORMALITIES INCREASE WITH BMI – Keith Scharf, MD; Adam Eltorai, MD; Nayna Lodhia, MD; John Morton, MD, FASMBS
Discussant:  TBD

1:40pm            SRF-102:  THORACIC TRUNCAL VAGOTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY MARGINAL ULCERS AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY – Justin Clark, MD; Dana Portenier, MD; Betty Tong, MD
Discussant:  TBD

1:50pm            SRF-103:  IMPACT OF COMPLETE MESENTERIC CLOSURE ON SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION AND INTERNAL HERNIA AFTER ANTECOLIC RY GASTRIC BYPASS – Venkata K. Kella, MD; Robert E. Brolin, MD
Discussant:  Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS

2:00pm            SRF-104:  METABOLIC SURGERY FOR NON-OBESE (BMI < 27 kg/m2) ASIAN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS:  EARLY RESULTS – Rajat Goel, MD; Chi-Ming Tai, MD; Yu-His Kao, MD; Yung-Chieh Yen, MD, PhD; Alvin Eng, MD; Asim Shabbir, MD; Chi-Hsien Lo, MD; Chih-Kun Huang, MD
Discussant:  Walter Pories, MD, FASMBS

2:10pm            SRF-105:  IMPACT OF FOLLOW-UP ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS – David M. Breland, MS; Manasi Kakade, MBBS, MPH; Ayman Obeid, MD; Richard Stahl, MD; Ronald H. Clements, MD; Joshua S. Richman, MD, PhD; Jayleen Grams, MD, PhD
Discussant:  TBD

2:20pm            SRF-106:  HIATAL TESTING AND CONCURRENT HIATAL REPAIR AT LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BANDING (LAGB) – Andrew Mitchell; Simon Weaver; Robert Macadam, FRCS; Shafiq Javed; Conor Magee, MD, FRCS; David D. Kerrigan, MD
Discussant:  TBD

2:30pm            SRF-107:  HIATAL HERNIA AND GERD SYMPTOMS IN OBESE PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY – Luigi Angrisani, MD; Pier Paolo Cutolo, MD; Antonella Santonicola, MD; Gabriella Nosso, MD; Giuliana Vitolo, MD; Valentina Brancato, MD
Discussant:  Michel Gagner, MD, FASMBS

2:40pm            SRF-108:  ASSOCIATION OF METABOLIC SYNDROME WITH LIVER HISTOPATHOLOGY IN 529 PATIENTS UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY – Stephen A. Dada, MD; Rouzbeh Mostaedi, MD; Zahid Hoda, MD; Mohamed Ali, MD, FASMBS
Discussant:  Samer Mattar, MD, FASMBS

2:50pm          Refreshment Break Served in the Exhibit Hall

Session II:  Bariatric Surgical Jeopardy
Moderator:  Brian Smith, MD

3:30pm           Bariatric/MIS fellows will compete against their respective program faculty in a classic “Jeopardy”-style format to see who knows their bariatric surgery trivia and who does not.

5:15pm          Adjourn