Friday, June 8, 2012

Concurrent Session - Bariatric Medicine

1:30 - Endocrine Causes of Obesity
Speaker: Dr. David Lau
1:50 - Genetics and Obesity
Speaker: Dr. Louis Perusse
2:10 - The Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Speaker: Dr. Sean Wharton
2:30 - Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Preoperative Obese Patient: Is it worth testing for?
Speaker: Dr. Maria Tiboni
2:50 - International Diabetes Federation Guidelines and Surgery: Does it change anything?
Speaker: Dr. Sue Pedersen
3:10 - Panel Discussion


Co-Chairs

Dr. Maria Tiboni, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director of the Bariatric Program
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Dr. Tiboni holds an academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, at McMaster University and she is also a staff physician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJH) since 2006. She was appointed the Medical Director of the Bariatric Program at SJH in 2009 and she also chairs the Ontario Bariatric Network Medical Task Force.

As a member of the Clinical Teaching Unit at SJH, she is actively involved in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs. Her interests include perioperative medicine, in particular, the care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

Dr. Tiboni created and was the co-Chair of the Canadian Perioperative Anesthesia and Medicine Meeting (CPAM), a truly interdisciplinary meeting in perioperative care, now in its 5th year. She actively participates in perioperative research and she has a leading role at SJH in the VISION Study (Vascular Events on Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation Study) and POISE- 2 study (PeriOperative ISquemia Evaluation-2 Study).


Dr. Stephen Glazer, MD FRCPC FCCP
Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director Bariatric Program

Dr. Stephen Glazer graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, completing a fellowship in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

He is currently affiliated with Humber River Regional Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Glazer has both an office practice with an interest in general internal medicine, cardiology, diabetes, sleep medicine, as well as preoperative risk assessment.

His hospital practice consists of ICU rotations, as well as, postoperative and general internal medicine inpatient care.

In April 2010, Dr. Stephen Glazer was appointed the Medical Director of the Surgical Bariatric Program at Humber River Regional Hospital.