From bench to bedside: Bariatric surgery

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate in the UK as it is in the rest of the world, bringing with it increases in important comorbitities including diabetes and premature cardiovascular disease.

Medical therapy with lifestyle change and pharmacological agents has been disappointing but bariatric surgery is increasingly recognised to have an important role, not only in the treatment of the morbidly obese but also in those with a lower level of overweight but with a co-morbid condition.

Delegates will learn about the pandemic of obesity, the control of appetite, the impact of bariatric surgery including its long term outcome and the mechanisms of benefits.

This meeting should help the practitioner to appreciate the role of bariatric surgery such that its potential benefits may be incorporated into individual patient management plans.

Please note that the early bird fee closes by the 9th of June.

Registration closes 4 working days before the meeting date. Please register before then to avoid disappointment.

Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £265

CPD: 5 credits

9.00 am	Registration and coffee
9.25 am	Welcome address
	Professor John Betteridge Associate Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
SESSION ONE:
Chair: Prof Nick Finer, Honorary Professor, UCL
9.30 am	Prevalence and consequences in the UK
	Dr David Haslam, GP National Obesity Forum
10.00 am	What do we know about the causes of overweight?
	Prof John Wilding, Professor of Medicine, University of Liverpool
10.30 am	Bariatric surgery: Folly, serendipity or revolution?
	Mr Alberic Fiennes Secretary and President Elect of the British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society
11.00 am	Panel discussion
11.20 am	Coffee break
SESSION TWO:
Chair: Mr Peter Small, Consultant Surgeon, City Hospitals Sunderland
11.40 am	Who gets what treatment
	TBC
12.00 pm	Speacial guest lecture Associate Professor John Dixon
	NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute and Head, Obesity Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
12.30 pm	Discussion
1.00 pm	Lunch
SESSION THREE:
Chair: Dr Carel LeRoux, Consultant in metabolic medicine, Imperial College London
2.00 pm	Mechanisms of the benefits of surgery
	Dr Rachel Batterham Reader/ Honorary Consultant, UCL
2.20 pm	Discussion
2.30 pm	Perioperative management
	Dr Michael Margarson, Consultant Anaesthetist, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester
2.50 pm	Medical management post surgery
	Prof Nick Finer, Honorary Professor, UCL
3.20 pm	Panel discussion
3.40 pm	Tea break
SESSION FOUR:
Chair: Dr Rachel Batterham Reader/ Honorary Consultant, UCL
4.00 pm	Psychological Support
	Dr Lisa McClelland, Consultant Psychiatrist, Exeter Nuffield Hospital
4.20 pm	Effect of Bariatric surgery on mortality
	Mr Torsten Olbers, Consultant bariatric surgeon, Imperial College
4.50 pm	A look at the future
	Dr Carel LeRoux, Consultant in metabolic medicine, Imperial College London
5.00 pm	Panel discussion
5.20 pm	Closing remarks and close of meeting

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From bench to bedside: Bariatric surgery

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