Saturday, June 9, 2012
Plenary Session - CURRENT OUTCOMES AND MANAGEMENT
7:15-8:30 Choice of Surgical Approach:
7:15 - Laparoscopic Adjustable Band: Is it a good long-term solution for all?
Speaker: Dr. David Urbach
7:30 - Laparoscopic Sleeve Should Be The Primary Procedure
Speaker: Dr. James Ellsmere
7:45 - Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Should Be The Standard of Care
Speaker: Dr. John Hagen
8:00 - Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Can Be The Primary Option
Speaker: Dr. Olivier Court
8:15 - Panel Discussion
8:30-9:30 Medical Approach to Obesity:
8:30 - Prescribed Preoperative Weight Loss is not a Prerequisite for Success
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Glazer
8:45 - Role of Private Bariatric Medical Centres
Speaker: Dr. Sean Wharton
9:00 - Bariatric Surgery Versus Intensive Medical Treatment in Obese Patients with Diabetes. Implications of New RCTS
Speaker: Dr. Philip Schauer
9:15 - Panel Discussion
Co-Chairs
 Dr. Kenneth Reed
Dr. J. Kenneth Reed, a native of Guelph, obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Toronto. After a straight surgical internship at the Toronto Western Hospital he completed general surgical training in Toronto University's Gallie Program. He obtained specialty certification in General Surgery in 1989. After fellowship training at the Toronto General Hospital, he moved to Guelph where he has practised General Surgery since 1990.
Dr. Reed has been involved with Weight Loss Surgery since 1994, when as Chief of Surgery he supported the transition of bariatric surgery at Guelph's St. Joseph's Hospital from a sporadic operation to a hospital program. Encouraged by patients' successful long term weight loss, he brought the program to the Guelph General Hospital when the city's surgical services consolidated in 2000. At that time he was one of only very few surgeons providing weight loss surgery in Ontario. In 2004, with the mentorship of Dr. Nicholas Christou of McGill University, Dr. Reed introduced laparoscopic gastric bypass to the Guelph program.
In 2009 Guelph General Hospital was designated as a bariatric surgery Center of Excellence by the Ontario Bariatric Network, and recently Dr. Reed was pleased to contribute to the network as chair of its Advisory Board's Surgical Task Force.
Dr. Reed has performed over 500 weight loss procedures, including open and laparoscopic gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy. He fully supports the laparoscopic roux en y gastric bypass as the gold standard operation for the Ontario Bariatric Network.
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Dr. Teodor Grantcharov
Dr. Teodor Grantcharov completed General Surgery residency at the University of Copenhagen, and a doctoral degree in Medical Sciences at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He then completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, USA.
Dr. Grantcharov is a staff surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. His clinical interest is the area of minimally invasive surgery, with a focus on foregut disease and bariatrics.
Dr. Grantcharov is Medical Director of the Patient Simulation Center at St. Michael's Hospital and his academic focus is on training and assessment of skills in Minimally Invasive Surgery.
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