Moderators: David Provost, MD, FASMBS and Alan Saber, MD, FASMBS

1:30pm
PL-109: PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF METABOLIC SURGERY: THE DIABETES SURGERY SCORE
Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD; Kyung Yul Hur, MD; Muffazal Lakdawala, MD; Kazunori Kasama, MD; Simon KH Wong, MD

1:45pm
PL-110: PREDICTORS FOR REMISSION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS FOLLOWING ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS
Richard A. Perugini, MD; John J. Kelly, MD; Philip Cohen, MD; Donald R. Czerniach, MD; Karen Gallagher-Dorval, RN

2:00pm
PL-111: ELEVATED HEMOGLOBIN A1C IN DIABETIC PATIENTS DOES NOT IMPART INCREASED COMPLICATION RATES IN ROUXEN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS*
Melissa P. Rawlins, MPA, PA-C; Michael L. Rawlins, MD; David L. Schumacher, MD, FASMBS; Carey C. Brown, MD

2:15pm
PL-112: PREDICTORS OF LONG TERM SUCCESS AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN*
Joel Rodriguez, MD; Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD; Dana D. Portenier, MD; Alfonso Torquati, MD

2:30pm
PL-113: GASTRIC BYPASS IMPROVES HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA BY MECHANISMS INDEPENDENT OF WEIGHT LOSS*
Koji Park, MD; John N. Afthinos, MD; David Lee, MD; Jun Levine, MD; Christopher Ochner, PhD; Julio Teixeira, MD

2:45pm
PL-114: LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT IN BIOCHEMICAL CARDIAC RISK FACTORS FOLLOWING GASTRIC BYPASS* Nayna Lodhia; Leanne Almario; Adam Eltorai; Jaffer Kattan; Matthew Kerolus; Margaret Nkansah; John Morton, MD, FASMBS