Conference Program

Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C ), FCCP
Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine

Medical Director, Bariatric Surgical Program
Humber River Regional Hospital
American College of Surgeons Level 1 Accredited Bariatric Center of Excellence

Medical Director, Greater Toronto Area Medical Bariatric Program
Humber River Regional Hospital/University Health Network

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Queen's University

Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada.

In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as a the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members.

Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education.

He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese.

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Dr. Ken Reed 

Dr. Ken Reed obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 1984 and attended General Surgical residency in Toronto obtaining specialty certification in 1989.

He has practised General Surgery in Guelph, Ontario since 1990.

Dr. Reed has been involved with Weight Loss Surgery since 1994. Encouraged by patients’ successful long term weight loss, he established a programmatic approach at the Guelph General Hospital in 2000. At that time he was one of only very few surgeons performing weight loss surgery in Ontario.

In 2004, with the mentorship of Dr. Nicholas Christou, Dr. Reed introduced laparoscopic gastric bypass to the Guelph program.

In 2009 Guelph General Hospital was designated a Bariatric Surgery Centre by the Ontario Bariatric Network.

Dr. Reed has performed over 1000 weight loss procedures, including open and laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and bariatric revisions.

Currently Dr. Reed is pleased to contribute to the network as chair of the OBN’s Surgical Task Force.

Adam Bryant, BSc, BASc, RD
Registered Dietitian
Bariatric Program
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Adam first graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Science before deciding to pursue a career in nutrition. He then earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Guelph. Adam completed his dietetic internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. He has worked for the Bariatric Surgery Program at the St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Bariatric Centre of Excellence since 2011. He is an active member of the Weight Regain Task Force for the Ontario Bariatric Network, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons.

Presentation Overview
This debate will focus on the pros and cons of starting all surgery patients on routine vitamin and mineral supplementation. Adam will present for the “pro” side, and will review the evidence in favour of supplementation.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this debate, participants should be able to:

1. Understand what is meant by “routine” vitamin and mineral supplementation
2. Understand the risk for vitamin and mineral deficiencies associated with bariatric surgery
3. Understand the evidence in favour of routine supplementation for all patients

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Joseph Shaban, MD, FRCPC, FACE, DABOM
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Western University
Medical Director, Regional Bariatric Assessment and Treatment Centre of Windsor
OMA Section Chair - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Dr. Shaban is a native of Windsor, Ontario and has practiced endocrinology and metabolism in Windsor since 1986. He received his undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Western Ontario.

Canadian and American Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism, and a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, he is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

He is currently the Ontario Medical Association Chair of the Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is the current Head of the Subsection of Endocrinology at Windsor Regional Hospital, and Director of the Regional Bariatric Assessment and Treatment Centre in Windsor.

He has been a board member of the Ontario Bariatric Network since its inception, and currently chairs the Perioperative Task Force for the OBN. He is an adjunct professor of Medicine at Western University and has been involved as a primary investigator in numerous national and international medical studies.

David C. W. Lau, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC 
Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine

Dr. David Lau is Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine.  He is Editor-in-Chief meritus, Canadian Journal of Diabetes, and Past-President, Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. 

Dr. Lau is Co-chair of the evidence-based 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines update on the management of obesity.  He is also an Expert Panel member of the 2018 evidence-based Diabetes Canada CPGs (he also served as an expert member for the 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018 updates), and a primary panel expert committee member of the 2012 and 2016 update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult.  Dr. Lau is involved in population health and clinical research programs in diabetes, obesity and lipid disorders.  

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

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Nicolas Christou, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery, McGill University Montreal, QC 

Nicolas Christou obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1971 and his Doctor of Medicine in 1975. He completed his surgical training at McGill in 1980 and was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at McGill University and Attending Staff Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1981. He became a Professor of Surgery in 1991. He was head of the Division of General Surgery from 1991 to 2005. He is a member of many prestigious societies including the American Surgical Association, The Canadian Association of General Surgeons, The American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Christou started the first laparoscopic weight loss surgery program in Canada on February 8, 2002. He is currently a "full-time" practicing laparoscopic bariatric surgeon. He is the Past President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons and the Past Chair of the Program Committee of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Christou holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from McGill University in Surgical Immunology. His research interests in the first 20 years of his academic career focused on surgical infections and the host response to infections. His current research interests are: Outcomes Research - Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Mortality, Morbidity and Health Care Costs. The North American coordinating site for the clinical study of a new telemetric adjustable gastric banding device. Basic Science Research -The impact of the leptin/adiponectin adipokinostat on the inflammatory response of severe obese subjects and Clinical Studies - He has published over 230 peer reviewed publications, more than 40 book chapters and over 350 abstracts.

Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of surgery, Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, FIU
Senior consultant, Hôpital du Sacre Coeur, Montreal

Dr. Gagner obtained, at the age of 22, his M.D. in 1982, and did his surgical training at McGill from 1982-1988.

He worked at the Cleveland Clinic where he co-founded the MIS Center (1995-1998). He was appointed Director of the MIS Center of Mount Sinai (NY), from 1998 to 2003. He then joined Weill-Cornell as Chief of Laparoscopic/Bariatric (2003-2007). He was Chair of Surgery at Mount Sinai (Miami), and is currently Professor at FlU, and senior consultant Montreal. In 2014, he founded WWO (World Without Obesity), for the education and development of metabolic surgery in Third World countries. He is also a board member of ASMBS foundation.

Dr Gagner is known for his contributions in MIS, in particular the first description of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (1992), laparoscopic pancreatectomy (distal/proximal) (1992-93), endoscopic neck surgery with parathyroidectomy in 1995, transgastric cholecystectomy in 1997 (NOTES), laparoscopic DS in 1999 and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in 2000.

He has over 375 published articles, 47 book chapters, and 9 books on MIS surgery. He has held positions in more than 35 societies, and has served on the editorial boards of 12 surgical journals (Associate Editor of SOARD and Obesity Surgery). Dr Gagner was the President IFSO 2014 (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) annual meeting and 5th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy held in Montreal, August 26-30th, 2014. He also has been on the executive board of IFSO for the last 3 years, and president of the Canadian chapter of ASMBS, and program chair of ASMBS 2016.

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Dr. Ken Reed 

Dr. Ken Reed obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 1984 and attended General Surgical residency in Toronto obtaining specialty certification in 1989.

He has practised General Surgery in Guelph, Ontario since 1990.

Dr. Reed has been involved with Weight Loss Surgery since 1994. Encouraged by patients’ successful long term weight loss, he established a programmatic approach at the Guelph General Hospital in 2000. At that time he was one of only very few surgeons performing weight loss surgery in Ontario.

In 2004, with the mentorship of Dr. Nicholas Christou, Dr. Reed introduced laparoscopic gastric bypass to the Guelph program.

In 2009 Guelph General Hospital was designated a Bariatric Surgery Centre by the Ontario Bariatric Network.

Dr. Reed has performed over 1000 weight loss procedures, including open and laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and bariatric revisions.

Currently Dr. Reed is pleased to contribute to the network as chair of the OBN’s Surgical Task Force.

David C. W. Lau, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC 
Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine

Dr. David Lau is Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine.  He is Editor-in-Chief meritus, Canadian Journal of Diabetes, and Past-President, Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. 

Dr. Lau is Co-chair of the evidence-based 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines update on the management of obesity.  He is also an Expert Panel member of the 2018 evidence-based Diabetes Canada CPGs (he also served as an expert member for the 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018 updates), and a primary panel expert committee member of the 2012 and 2016 update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult.  Dr. Lau is involved in population health and clinical research programs in diabetes, obesity and lipid disorders.  

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

Dr. Vanessa Boudreau   MD.  FRCSC 

Dr. Vanessa Boudreau graduated from University of Montreal, Québec, in 2011.  She then completed her residency in General Surgery at University of Sherbrooke, Québec, in 2016.

She recently completed a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2017.
Vanessa is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University while having an academic position at McMaster University as a Clinical Scholar.

Her research interests focus mainly on metabolic surgery and include diabetes remission, microbioma and implantation of new surgical techniques (SADI, Duodenal Switch)

Dr. Richard Yanofsky 

Richard Yanofsky graduated from McGill Medical School and did his Psychiatry residency training at the University of Toronto. He completed a fellowship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry with research interests in the psychosocial assessment and treatment of Bariatric Surgery patients. He presently practices at University Health Network in the Medical Psychiatry Program, and works as psychiatrist in the Toronto Western Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program.

Mirna Azar, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal
Diplomate Of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
Assistant professor - Department of Medicine
Université de Montréal

Dr. Mirna Azar recieved her certification in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Metabolism by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2013. After having completed her medical training in Internal Medicine at Université de Montréal and her specialty in Endocrinology & Metabolism at Mcgill University, she furthered her training in the field of obesity with one year post-doctoral training at the Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Center of Excellence. Dr. Azar is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She has published in a variety of peer-reviewed journal of diabetes and obesity research.

Dr. Azar works at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, which is a teaching hospital affiliated to Université of Montreal, where she practices general endocrinology and runs a bariatric medicine clinic. She is an associate professor at Université de Montreal and enjoys teaching residents and medical students. 

Dr. Azar interest is in general endocrinology with a particular interest in diabetes and obesity.

Presentation Overview
Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial is an ongoing clinical trial that compares intensive weight management with liquid formula diet versus routine primary care in the remission of type 2 diabetes. The presentation will summarize the study design and results for the first year outcomes.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to :

• Have a better understanding of the study design
• Analyze the results of the first year
• Identify to which population this study could be applied

Roshni John M.Sc, RD, CBE, CDE 
Registered Dietitian- Bariatric Clinic
Humber River Hospital

Roshni John is a Registered Dietitian with the Bariatric Clinic at HRH.

Roshni graduated with a Master’s Degree in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Mumbai in 1998. She worked as a Dietitian and a Lecturer in India. Roshni started work as a RD in Canada in 2004. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator since 2010 and completed an Intensive Sports Nutrition Course in 2013. 

Roshni is a member of the Dietitians of Canada and the College of Dietitians of Ontario. Over the years, she has worked as an inpatient and outpatient Dietitian.  Outside of work, Roshni loves travelling, camping, canning, baking, reading and is a proud pet parent to her dog ‘Truffles’.

Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C ), FCCP
Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine

Medical Director, Bariatric Surgical Program
Humber River Regional Hospital
American College of Surgeons Level 1 Accredited Bariatric Center of Excellence

Medical Director, Greater Toronto Area Medical Bariatric Program
Humber River Regional Hospital/University Health Network

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Queen's University

Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada.

In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as a the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members.

Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education.

He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese.

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Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of surgery, Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, FIU
Senior consultant, Hôpital du Sacre Coeur, Montreal

Dr. Gagner obtained, at the age of 22, his M.D. in 1982, and did his surgical training at McGill from 1982-1988.

He worked at the Cleveland Clinic where he co-founded the MIS Center (1995-1998). He was appointed Director of the MIS Center of Mount Sinai (NY), from 1998 to 2003. He then joined Weill-Cornell as Chief of Laparoscopic/Bariatric (2003-2007). He was Chair of Surgery at Mount Sinai (Miami), and is currently Professor at FlU, and senior consultant Montreal. In 2014, he founded WWO (World Without Obesity), for the education and development of metabolic surgery in Third World countries. He is also a board member of ASMBS foundation.

Dr Gagner is known for his contributions in MIS, in particular the first description of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (1992), laparoscopic pancreatectomy (distal/proximal) (1992-93), endoscopic neck surgery with parathyroidectomy in 1995, transgastric cholecystectomy in 1997 (NOTES), laparoscopic DS in 1999 and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in 2000.

He has over 375 published articles, 47 book chapters, and 9 books on MIS surgery. He has held positions in more than 35 societies, and has served on the editorial boards of 12 surgical journals (Associate Editor of SOARD and Obesity Surgery). Dr Gagner was the President IFSO 2014 (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) annual meeting and 5th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy held in Montreal, August 26-30th, 2014. He also has been on the executive board of IFSO for the last 3 years, and president of the Canadian chapter of ASMBS, and program chair of ASMBS 2016.

Dr. David Macklin, MD, CCFP 
Director of Weight Management at Medcan
Medical Director of Weight Management, High Risk Special Pregnancy BMI Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Macklin is a physician trained in family practice at the University of Toronto. Dr. Macklin is the Director of the Weight Management Program at the downtown Toronto Medcan Clinic. Dr Macklin also runs the Weight Management Program at the Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital High Risk Pregnancy unit. Dr. Macklin has committed his career to the prevention and treatment of obesity and for over nine years has exclusively run multidisciplinary, evidence based weight management programs.

Tony Chetty, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Associate Professor
Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Division: Anatomical Pathology
Discipline Director, Clinical Chemistry and Immunology (HRLMP)
McMaster University

Dr. Tony Chetty obtained his Medical Degree in South Africa. He completed his Fellowship in Medical Biochemistry and Master's Degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. His research interests have a focus on Clinical Trials, New Pharmacological approaches in Obesity and Type 2 DM Mx. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University. Dr. Chetty is the Medical Director of the Bariatric Medical Clinic at St. Joseph Healthcare Hamilton. He is also Chair of the Medical Program task force Committee of the Ontario Bariatric Network.

Alfons Pomp MD FACS FRCSC 
Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Surgical Quality Officer
Chief GI Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
GI Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Pomp is an internationally recognized expert in advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques. He is a graduate of McGill University and the University of Sherbooke. He completed his surgical training at the University of Montreal and Rhode Island and practiced in Montreal at the CHUM/Hotel Dieu before moving to the Mount Sinai Hospital and then the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He is Chief of GI Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery and is the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery.
 
Dr. Pomp has written more than 100 PubMed cited articles and has been a speaker at over 250 national and international meetings.  He was funded as a Principal Investigator in NIDDK/NIH Bariatric Surgery Research - LABS (Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery). He has served on the executive boards of SAGES and ASMBS. His primary clinical expertise includes bariatric surgery, minimally invasive foregut, solid organ and hernia surgery. 

He serves on the Editorial board of SOARD and Obesity Surgery. He is one of Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors; won the SAGES Clinical Excellence Award in 2013 and was honored as an ASMBS “Thirty Members Who Made a Difference 1983-2013”

Olivier Court, M.D., CM, FRCSC 

Dr. Olivier Court, M.D., CM, FRCSC has been Director of McGill University Health Centre since September 12, 2016. Dr. Court has been the Director of Bariatric Surgery at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) since 2012 and Director of the Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) of the MUHC since 2010. In addition, he has been an Attending Surgeon in Bariatric and General Surgery at the RVH, an Attending Intensivist at the RVH and Montreal General Hospital (MGH), and Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University since 2005.

Laurent Biertho, MD
Université Laval, 
Département de Chirurgie
Institut de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Dr. Laurent Biertho is Clinical Professor of Surgery at Laval University. After being trained in Biomedical Sciences (1993) and Medicine (1998) at the University of Liege, Belgium, he completed his residency in General Surgery (2004). He underwent post-doctoral training in Minimally Invasive surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, USA, and McMaster University, Canada (2004-2006). At the end of his training, he was appointed Assistant Professor at McMaster University. He was then offered a position as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Laval University, to introduce minimally invasive bariatric and metabolic surgery at the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Québec. He is the director of the fellowship program in Bariatric and Metabolic surgery at Laval University and co-director of the Research Chair in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. His research interests focus on 1) the long-term metabolic outcomes of bariatric surgeries 2) tailoring surgical approaches to the patients’ needs 3) the study and development of new bariatric procedures.  He is the current President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons (CABPS).

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Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of surgery, Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, FIU
Senior consultant, Hôpital du Sacre Coeur, Montreal

Dr. Gagner obtained, at the age of 22, his M.D. in 1982, and did his surgical training at McGill from 1982-1988.

He worked at the Cleveland Clinic where he co-founded the MIS Center (1995-1998). He was appointed Director of the MIS Center of Mount Sinai (NY), from 1998 to 2003. He then joined Weill-Cornell as Chief of Laparoscopic/Bariatric (2003-2007). He was Chair of Surgery at Mount Sinai (Miami), and is currently Professor at FlU, and senior consultant Montreal. In 2014, he founded WWO (World Without Obesity), for the education and development of metabolic surgery in Third World countries. He is also a board member of ASMBS foundation.

Dr Gagner is known for his contributions in MIS, in particular the first description of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (1992), laparoscopic pancreatectomy (distal/proximal) (1992-93), endoscopic neck surgery with parathyroidectomy in 1995, transgastric cholecystectomy in 1997 (NOTES), laparoscopic DS in 1999 and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in 2000.

He has over 375 published articles, 47 book chapters, and 9 books on MIS surgery. He has held positions in more than 35 societies, and has served on the editorial boards of 12 surgical journals (Associate Editor of SOARD and Obesity Surgery). Dr Gagner was the President IFSO 2014 (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) annual meeting and 5th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy held in Montreal, August 26-30th, 2014. He also has been on the executive board of IFSO for the last 3 years, and president of the Canadian chapter of ASMBS, and program chair of ASMBS 2016.

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Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C ), FCCP
Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine

Medical Director, Bariatric Surgical Program
Humber River Regional Hospital
American College of Surgeons Level 1 Accredited Bariatric Center of Excellence

Medical Director, Greater Toronto Area Medical Bariatric Program
Humber River Regional Hospital/University Health Network

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Queen's University

Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada.

In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as a the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members.

Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education.

He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for impro