PLENARY SESSION: Same Day Surgery

Same Day Surgery Program at SJHH

Karim Ramji, MD, MBA, ABOM, FRCS(C)
Bariatrics & Advanced MIS General Surgeon
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Clinical Lead & Co-Founder Phelix.ai

Dr. Karim Ramji is a graduate of the CMAS Bariatrics and Advanced Minimal Access fellowship program at McMaster University and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Karim completed a two-year fellowship at St Joes Health Centre Hamilton with a special interest in revisional and complex bariatric patients. He actively serves as a member of the Hamilton HUB team and part of their DS/SADI surgical pathway committee. Karim completed his general surgery residency at the University of Toronto and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management. Alongside clinical work, he serves as the Clinical Lead & Co-founder of Phelix AI, a Canadian-born automation and AI enterprise for health sector solutions. 

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Presentation Overview:

Early discharge protocols have been applied in bariatric surgery to standardize post-operative care, accelerate recovery, minimize inpatient resources and in-turn shorten waitlists. Many centers across North America have adopted same-day sleeve discharge pathways and a handful of American centers have further demonstrated safety/feasibility of same-day discharge for Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) patients. In this session, we share our own experience and insights in the introduction, implementation, and outcomes of a same-day bariatric surgery pathway (SDD) for RYGB at a high-volume Canadian bariatric center.