Agenda

Final Program

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7:30am                  
Registration/Events Open
 
8:15am                  
Welcome
William Richardson, MD, FACS
President
 
8:25am                  
Bariatric Surgery Access Goals - Louisiana
Phil Gachassin, MD, MHCM, FACS, FASMBS
Philip Schauer, MD, FASMBS
 
9:00am                  
GERD Management in patients with Obesity
Carlos Galvani, MD
 
9:45am                  
Metabolic Surgery and the Gut-Brain Axis
Vance Albaugh, MD
 
10:30am              
Break
 
11:00am              
Risk Management Session
Lawyer-Proofing your Practice: Preventing the Call from your Patient to an Attorney
Darlene K. King, Esq
 
11:15am              
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
Donna Ryan, MD
 
12:00pm              
Lunch/Business Meeting
 
1:00pm                 
New Techniques/Technology
 
1:00pm-1:20pm
ICG & Bariatric Surgery
Shauna Levy, MD
 
1:20pm-1:40pm
Not New but Newly Approved: One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass
Rachel Moore, MD
 
1:40pm-2:00pm
Advances in Bariatric Endoscopy
Abdulhameed Al-Sabban, MD
 
2:00pm-2:20pm
Titan Sleeve Gastrectomy
Forrest Ringold, MD, FACS, FASMBS

2:20pm-3:00pm
Panel Discussion
 
3:00pm                 
Adjournment