Friday, June 8, 2012

Concurrent Session -
Bariatric Surgery: Video Session and Invited Presentations

Co-Chairs: Drs. Joseph Mamazza, Sharadh Sampath

Weight Gain After Sleeve Gastrectomy: What are the options?



Speaker

Timothy Jackson BSc, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto

Dr. Jackson received a Bachelor’s degree in Life Science from McMaster University in 1999 and graduated from medical school at McMaster in 2003. Upon completion, he entered the McMaster post-graduate training program in General Surgery. Dr. Jackson became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2009, and is also certified by the American Board of Surgery. In 2006, he attended Harvard University and received a Master of Public Health degree in Quantitative Methods. Currently, his research interests are in surgical quality improvement and surgical outcomes. In 2010, he completed the Harvard Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His clinical focus is in bariatric and gastrointestinal tract surgery. Dr. Jackson is a member of the Division of General Surgery at University Health Network based at Toronto Western Hospital. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.