4th Annual Midwest Bariatric Summit
September 22-23, 2016
The Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL
Featuring Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Stacy Brethauer, President Elect of ASMBS
Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Rachel Moore, Executive Council Member of ASMBS
“Bariatric Surgery: One and Done or Series of Interventions?”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Time
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Topic
 Executive Board Meeting / State Chapter Board Meetings
Michael Jordan’s Restaurant – 505 N. Michigan Avenue
(adjacent to the InterContinental Hotel)
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 Cocktail Reception
Michael Jordan’s Restaurant – 505 N. Michigan Avenue
(adjacent to the InterContinental Hotel)
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm
 Dinner Served
7:45 pm – 8:00 pm
 Welcome and Introductions
Vafa Shayani, M.D.
8:00 pm – 8:15 pm
 The state of the State Chapters
Christopher Joyce, M.D.
8:15 pm – 9:15 pm
 Keynote Speech
Treating Obesity as a Chronic Disease: Why the Resistance?
Stacy Brethauer, M.D.
9:15 pm
 Adjourn
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Time
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Topic
 Breakfast and Business Meeting (IABS Members)
8:00 am – 8:15 am
 Welcome and Introduction
8:15 am. – 10:00 am
 Obesity as a Chronic Disease: What Have We Learned After Two Decades of HighVolume Surgical Interventions?
 Is it possible to cure obesity?
Teresa Lamasters
 Revisional metabolic surgery for persistent metabolic syndrome
Ali Aminian
 Medical approach to weight regain
Anthony Auriemma
 Success vs. Failure in weight loss surgery: Associated psychological factors
Edward Smith and Robert Brucker
 Q&A
Moderator: Rachel Moore
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break and Exhibits
10:15 am – 12:15 pm
 Conversion Procedures: How Durable Are the Bariatric Surgical Interventions?
 Weight regain after gastric bypass: what next?
Alfonso Torquati
 Salvage of failed adjustable gastric bands by converting to RY gastric bypass
Daniel Wool
 Band to Sleeve: One stage, two stages, or bad idea?
Joe Northrup
 Revision Options After Sleeve Gastrectomy
Mustafa Hussain
 Revisions after gastric bypass: From shame and blame to reclaim.
Amir Heydari, Monica Heydari, Betsy Felde
 Q&A
Moderator: Fred Tiesenga
10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Allied Health Breakout Session #1
 Metabolic adaptation and weight regain following bariatric surgery
Molly DePrenger MS, RD, LD
 Meal replacements and medical nutrition therapy programs as an effective strategy
for weight management
Annalouise O’Conner, PhD
 Committing to the duodenal switch: A case study and multidisciplinary discussion
Sydney Krandel PA-C
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch and Exhibits
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 (cont’d)
Time
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Topic
 Physiology and Economics of Bariatric Surgery: Graduate Level Education for Bariatric
Surgeons.
 Sleeve to bypass: does the physiology support conversion for weight loss failure?
Tammy Kindel
 Is bariatric surgery a cost effective intervention?
Luke Funk
 How will appetite science shape the future of the operations we perform?
John Alverdy
 Q&A
Stacy Brethauer
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Break and Exhibits
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 Bariatric Jeopardy: Alex, I will take “Controversy” for 1000!!!
 Bariatric surgery as you like it: Is all the world a stage?
Vivek Prachand
 Don’t be a hammer!
Rachel Moore
 Anatomy preserving interventions: The future of bariatric surgery.
Vafa Shayani
 ASMBS Revision Task Force
Stacy Brethauer
 Q&A
Moderator: John Wallace
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Allied Health Breakout Session #2
 Use of nutrition focused physical exam and body composition analysis in pre and post
op patients
Molly DePrenger, MS, RD, LD
 Nutritional considerations for the revision patient
Betsy Felde, RD, LD
 Open Forum Discussion: Balloon 1 year later
5:00 pm
 Adjournment