Description:
This symposium will focus on bariatric surgical, medical and clinical challenges particularly geared toward advanced practice providers (PAs, NPs & CNS). The lecture series will include topics of Transgender bariatric patients, genetic testing in the bariatric population, H-pylori testing and treatment, Outpatient sleeve gastrectomy’s, bariatric and transplant surgery, and the GERD with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy position statement/guidelines.
Learning Objectives:
- To identify characteristics and strategies to begin a successful outpatient sleeve gastrectomy practice.
- To identify, discuss and treat H-pylori treatment for pre and post bariatric surgery patients.
- To identify and describe the benefits of genetic testing pre operatively in the bariatric patient population.
- To identify characteristics and strategies for candidates seeking bariatric transplant surgery.
| 1:30pm |
Marijuana & the Bariatric Surgery Patient Marguerite Dunham, NP |
| 1:55pm |
Genetic testing in Bariatrics Jeanne Hutson, MPH MSN NP |
| 2:20pm |
H-pylori testing and treatment the relevance in before and after surgery Tracy Martinez, BSN RN CBN |
| 2:45pm |
Question and Answer |
| 3:00pm | Lunch |
| 3:45pm |
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy-same day outpatient surgery- How’s it done? Karen Flanders, ARNP CBN MSN; Chelsea M Price, MS RD |
| 4:10pm |
Bariatric surgery and the transplant patient Heather Passerini, ACNP CCNS MBA |
| 4:35pm |
GERD pre/post metabolic surgery “ASMBS position statement" Guilherme M Campos, FACS FASMBS MD/PhD |
| 5:00pm |
Question and Answer |
| 5:15pm | Adjourn |