Moderators: Lloyd Stegemann, MD, FASMBS and Keith Gersin, MD, FASMBS

1:30pm
PL-115: FAST TRACK LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS PROCEDURES. A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE WITH 3651 CONSECUTIVE PROCEDURES
Jens F. Larsen, MD, PhD; Uffe Raundahl, MD; Thorbjørn Sommer, MD, PhD ; Jens-Peter Kroustrup, MD

1:45pm
PL-116: EFFECTS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY ON DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY AFTER 5 YEARS FOLLOW-UP*
Helen M. Heneghan, MD; Neil Orzech; Kalman Bencsath, MD; Derrick Cetin, DO; Stacy A. Brethauer, MD; Philip R. Schauer, MD, FASMBS

2:00pm
PL-117: LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY IS SAFE AND EFFICACIOUS FOR PRE-TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES
Matthew Y. Lin, MD; Ankit Sarin, MD, MHA; Mehdi Tavakol, MD; Shadee Amirkiai; Stanley J. Rogers, MD; Jonathan T. Carter, MD; Andrew M. Posselt, MD, PhD

2:15pm
PL-118: BETTER WEIGHT LOSS AND LESS REOPERATION RATE FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC BANDING IN SELECTED OBESE PATIENTS : A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Jean-Marc Chevallier, PhD, MD; Roberto Arienzo, MD; Thierry Voron, MD, PhD; Nelson Trelles Lino, MD; Wissam Jamal, MD; Franck Zinzindohoué, MD; Anne Berger, MD, PhD

2:30pm
PL-119: SURVEY RESULTS OF BARIATRIC SURGEONS’ MEDICAL MALPRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Ramsey M. Dallal, MD, FASMBS; Daniel Cottam, MD; Susan Cox; Michael T. Hartney, Esq.

2:45pm
PL-120: OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR PRE-EXISTING CHOLELITHIASIS BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS. A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL
Brian Pellini, MD; Ravi Chhatrala, MD; Alexis Cushman; Ioannis Raftopoulos, MD, PhD