CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Friday, June 14th, 2013 - 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
BARIATRIC MEDICINE (ACCEPTED PAPERS)
Chair: Dr. Maria Tiboni
Territories Room

4:30 pm
The diet resistant phenotype and its predictive value in choice of weight treatment strategies – Genetic perspective


Dr. Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD., FRCPC

Dr. McPherson directs the Lipid Clinic and Atherogenomics Laboratory at the Ottawa Heart Institute. Her research is focused on the genetic and molecular etiology of two complex phenotypes - obesity and coronary artery disease.