Moderators: Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz, MD, FASMBS; Keith Kim, MD; John Gleysteen, MD; Samer Mattar, MD, FASMBS

METABOLIC SURGERY
3:45pm
Bariatric Surgery vs. Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes (2012 NEJM)
Geltrude Mingrone, M.D., Simona Panunzi, Ph.D., Andrea De Gaetano, M.D., Ph.D., Caterina Guidone, M.D., Amerigo Iaconelli, M.D., Laura Leccesi, M.D., Giuseppe Nanni, M.D., Alfons Pomp, M.D., Marco Castagneto, M.D.,Giovanni Ghirlanda, M.D., and Francesco Rubino, M.D.

3:55pm
Bariatric Surgery vs. Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes (2012 NEJM)
Philip R. Schauer, M.D., Sangeeta R. Kashyap, M.D., Kathy Wolski, M.P.H., Stacy A. Brethauer, M.D., John P. Kirwan, Ph.D., Claire E. Pothier, M.P.H., Susan Thomas, R.N., Beth Abood, R.N., Steven E. Nissen, M.D., and Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H.

4:05pm
Q & A Session

ROLE OF THE BAND
4:15pm
Long -term outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (2011 Archives of Surgery)
Jacques Himpens, MD; Guy-Bernard Cadière, MD, PhD; Michel Bazi, MD; Michael Vouche, MD; Benjamin Cadière, MD; Giovanni Dapri, MD

4:25pm
Q & A Session

BYPASS VS. SLEEVE
4:30pm
Laparoscopic Roux -en -Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for the treatment of morbid obesity. a prospective study of 117 patients (2011 Obesity Surgery)
Jose Luis Leyba, MD; Salvador Navarrete Aulestia, MD; Salvador Navarrete Llopis, MD

4:40pm
Bariatric surgery : A systematic review and network meta -analysis of randomized trials (2011 Obesity Reviews)
Raj Padwal, MD; Adwal, R.; Klarenbach, S.; Wiebe, N.; Birch, D.; Karmali, S.; Manns, B.; Hazel, M.; Sharma, A.M.; Tonelli, M

4:50pm
Q & A Session

5:00pm
Adjourn