This course is intended for general surgeons interested in the field of bariatric surgery who have experience in minimally invasive (MIS). This 2-day course will provide participants with in-depth teaching and hands-on training by international experts.
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to train general and MIS surgeons in the techniques of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastectomy, Duodenal Switch and revisional procedures. The course includes interactive workshops, a meet-the-professor luncheon, and an expert panel discussion. Supplementing these will be didactic and interactive sessions focusing on the rationale for metabolic surgery, patient selection, operative techniques, and perioperative care. Live surgery demonstration and intensive hands-on practice on a porcine model will train participants in the surgical techniques and instrumentation for these procedures: laparoscopic stapling and suturing, laparoscopic preparation of a Roux en Y loop, laparoscopic gastric bypass, and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Target Audience
This course is ideally designed at senior trainees and consultant surgeons that have already acquired some skills in basic laparoscopic techniques and wish to learn bariatric surgery.
Course options
Option A: Didactic sessions + OR demonstration + Hands-on Lab
Fees include animals lab, didactic sessions, syllabus, live operative demonstrations, on-site lunch (finger buffet) and coffee breaks
2,500 €/person
Option B: Didactic sessions + OR demonstration
Fees include didactic sessions, syllabus, live operative demonstrations, on-site lunch (finger buffet) and coffee breaks
750€/person
Ricard Corcelles(Spain)
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona
Antonio M. Lacy(Spain)
Director of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Josep Vidal(Spain)
Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Philip R. Schauer(United States)
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Francesco Rubino(United Kingdom)
Professor of Metabolic Surgery, King's College Hospital and King's College, London, UK
Faculty
Raúl Almenara
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Raquel Bravo
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Ricardo V. Cohen
Director of the Center of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ricard Corcelles
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona
Felipe De la Cruz-Vigo
Director of General and Digestive Surgery at Hospital 12 de Octubre of Madrid
Gabriel Díaz del Gobbo
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Juan José Espert
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
María Fernández-Hevia
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Lilliam Flores
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Michel Gagner
Senior Consultant Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Canada
Jens J. Holst
NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Brussels, Denmark
Ainitze Ibarzabal
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Amanda Jiménez
Endocrinologist of the Bariatric Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
Marta Jiménez
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Matthew D. Kroh
Surgical Endoscopy Director at Bariatric and Metabolic Institute - Cleveland Clinic Ohio, USA
Antonio M. Lacy
Director of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Carel le Roux
Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Geltrude Mingrone
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Alexander Miras
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Dulce Momblan
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Xavier Morales
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Emilio Ortega
Endocrinologist of the Bariatric Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
Mitchell S. Roslin
Director and Chief of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Northern Westchester Hospital Center, US
Francesco Rubino
Professor of Metabolic Surgery, King's College Hospital and King's College, London, UK
Raquel Sánchez-Santos
Head of Service of General and Digestive Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario of Pontevedra, Spain
Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute
Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute, MD, PhD Chief, Division of Bariatric & Esophago-Gastric Surgery Department of Surgery Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid - Spain
Philip R. Schauer
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Josep Vidal
Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Ana Otero
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Facilities
The didactic sessions will take place in a training center equipped with 3D live feed from the operating room.
Anatomy Laboratory
A newly-built state-of-the-art facility with stations equipped with Olympus laparoscopic towers, surgical equipment, and latest imaging systems
The lab has a simulated Operating room set-up with large screen projection for PowerPoint and video presentations
