Description:

Review literature for endoscopic screening prior to bariatric surgery. Review current recommendations for endoscopic surveillance after bariatric surgery. Review endoscopic therapies as a treatment for Class 1 and 2 obesities. Recognize and treat complications of endoscopic therapies for obesity. Review endoscopic techniques for management of post-operative bariatric complications. Review basic techniques for endoscopic enteral access.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Evaluate most up-to-date literature for endoscopic screening prior to bariatric surgery
  2. Appraise current recommendations for endoscopic surveillance after bariatric surgery
  3. Identify existing and evolving endoscopic therapies as a treatment for Class 1 and 2 obesity
  4. Recognize and treat complications of endoscopic therapies for obesity
  5. Review endoscopic techniques for management of post-operative bariatric complications
  6. Describe techniques and anatomy for endoscopic enteral access

8:00am Role of preoperative endoscopic screening before bariatric surgery
Jerry Dang, MD PhD
8:15am Indications and recommendations for Post-operative endoscopic surveillance after bariatric surgery
MacKenzie D Landin, MD
8:30am Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: Indications and Outcomes
Valerie J Halpin, MD
8:45am Intra-Gastric Balloons
Andrea Stroud, M.D. M.S.
9:00am Endoscopic GERD therapies: Any role in post bariatric surgery patients?
Nabeel R Obeid, MD
9:15am New Technologies Update: DMR, Magnets, and Liners
Roberto J Valera, MD
9:30am Break
10:00am Complication Management: Bleeding, strictures, sleeve stenosis
S. Julie-Ann Lloyd, MD/PhD
10:15am Complication Management: Endoscopic management of leaks (Stents, E-VAC, and beyond)
Andre Teixeira, MD
10:30am Complication Management: Endoscopic management of eroded bands and bezoars
Geoffrey Chow, MD FACS
10:45am Endoscopic Enteral Access and EDGE procedure
Mujjahid Abbas, MD
11:00am Endoscopic Revision for Weight Recurrence
Salvatore Docimo, Jr., DO MS FASMBS
11:15am Endoscopy Stories: What you wouldn’t believe
Eric M Pauli, MD
11:30am Question/Answer and Closing
12:00pm Adjourn