3:45

Analysis of the effect of excess weight and weight loss on serum aminotransferases: further defining clinical correlates.
Presenter: Dr. Sonja Wicklum

Dr. Sonja Wicklum

Dr. Sonja Wicklum is a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and works as a Senior Medical Consultant at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Weight Management Clinic and Bariatric Center of Excellence.

She is involved in research in the areas of weight loss strategies and nutrition education with both the general population and the Aboriginal population.

She has been a consultant for TasteBuds, a television series on healthy cooking for children and adolescents.

She published the DietDeck©, a weight loss and nutrition education tool first in 2006.

From 2006 till 2010 she developed and operated FUNchboxes – Healthy Lunches for Kids. FUNchboxes delivered healthy lunches to Elementary school children in Ottawa and the surrounding area. Click here to read about FUNchboxes.

Dr Wicklum has given over 30 print, radio, and TV interviews. She has done numerous community and corporate presentations on healthy living, nutrition and weight loss.

4:05

The Role of Pharmacy in Bariatric Surgical Assessment and Treatment Centre
Presenter: Mr. Wilf Steer

Summary Abstract
The Role of Pharmacy in Bariatric Surgical Assessment and Treatment Centre
The role  of pharmacy in assessing and preparing  patients for bariatric surgery is presently a novel one with little in the way of established models .  It is, however, potentially rich and rewarding. The current tasks performed by pharmacy at Health Sciences North can be broadly defined as follows: 1) Collection and documentation of a Best Possible Medication History.  2) Proactive resolution of  Drug Therapy Problems unique to bariatric  surgery 3) Education of patients on how their medication regimen may change after surgery. 4)  Identifying opportunities for research and promoting them.  This last function is necessary because there is a paucity of data on the effect of bariatric surgery on medication absorption and disposition but the pieces available suggest that there is potential for serious problems. 

Learning Objectives:
After the presentation learners should :

1. Understand why Best Possible Medication History is different from a primary medication history and understand why it is important
   
2. Be aware in broad terms of the changes which may need to be made to medication regimens after surgery.
   
3. Be aware of the limitations of our current data regarding the effect of bariatric surgery on medication absorption and disposition and the need for close clinical monitoring. 
   
4. Be sensitized to the need for further research.

Wilf Steer graduated from the University of Toronto in 1987 with a BScPhm.  He has worked  at various community pharmacies where he developed an interest in diabetes care and obtained the Certified  Diabetes Educator designation.  Most recently he works at Sudbury Regional hospital has been involved with the new Bariatric Assessment and Treatment Centre. 

4:25

Evaluation of a One-to-One Low-calorie Meal Replacement Program (LCMRP) on the Management of Adult Obese Patients with a BMI ≥ 35 with 2 risk factors or BMI ≥ 40 in the Outpatient Population
Presenter: Dr. A. Elsharif

Learning ojectives
At the end of this presentation ,participants should be able to use one to one low calorie meal replacement program to manage severely obese patient  how unsuitable for group intervention.

Dr Adell Abdusalam Elsharif

Graduated from Mcmaster university  june 2010.
From Libya, came to Canada in 2003.
Consultant medical biochemist, work part time at the Hamilton general Hospital medical bariatric clinic.

5:00

Discussion

David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC
President, Obesity Canada
Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cardiac Sciences
Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre
Chair, Diabetes and Endocrine Research Group

Dr. David Lau is Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cardiac Sciences at the University of Calgary. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Diabetes, President of Obesity Canada, and Vice-President, Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Lau is a practising endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes, obesity and lipid disorders. His research interests include fat cell biology in health and obesity, development of insulin resistance in obesity and diabetes, and cellular mechanisms of diabetic vascular complications. He is also involved in population health and clinical research programmes in diabetes, obesity and lipid disorders. Dr. Lau has published over 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals, periodicals and books.

Dr. Lau was Chair of the evidence-based Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) Steering Committee and Expert Panel, and lead author of the 2007 CPG publication in the Can. Med. Assoc. Journal. Dr. Lau was a member of the 1998, 2003 and 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Panel, as well as the expert panel of the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult. Dr. Lau is a member of the expert panel committee on the 2013 CDA CPG as well as the 2012 Canadian dyslipidemia CPD update.

In 2004, Dr. Lau was honored as the top 20 notable Calgarians, and top 50 Albertans for his exemplary contributions to improve the health of Albertans.

Dr. Arya M. Sharma, MD, PhD, FRCPC
(Scientific Director) - Professor of Medicine,
Chair for Obesity Research & Management,
University of Alberta, Medical Director Weight Wise,
Edmonton Alberta Health Services Region.

Dr. Arya Sharma is Professor of Medicine & Chair for Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is also the Medical Director of the Edmonton Capital Health Region’s interdisciplinary Weight Wise Program.

Dr. Sharma is also the Scientific Director of the Canadian Obesity Network funded through the federal Networks of Centres of Excellence program.

His past appointments include positions as Professor of Medicine and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at McMaster University (2002-2007), Professor of Medicine at the Franz-Volhard Klinik - Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (2000-2002) and the Free University of Berlin (1994-2000). His research focuses on the evidence-based prevention and management of obesity and its complications.

He is a member of several scientific associations, including the Canadian and International Societies of Hypertension. He is a fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association and on the editorial board of several academic journals.