CSS Revisional Surgery Stapling: Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Tips & Tricks – Medtronic

6:45am – 7:45am CDT Grand Chenier, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Registration Open

7:30am – 5:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Focused Practice Designation (FPD) Review Course

8:00am – 5:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

ASMBS & IFSO Can the Experts Tell Us Which is the Best Approach? – IFSO North American Chapter (NAC)

8:00am – 12:00pm CDT Nottoway, 4th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

FPDC Coffee Break (beverages only outside FPDC meeting room)

9:45am – 10:15am CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

NAC Coffee Break (beverages only inside back of meeting room)

9:45am – 10:15am CDT Nottoway, 4th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

FPDC Lunch

12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT Grand Couteau, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

State Chapter Advocacy Summit: An Update on Recent Policy Changes and How They Affect MBS

2:00pm – 5:00pm CDT Nottoway, 4th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

FPDC Coffee Break (beverages only outside FPDC meeting room)

3:00pm – 3:30pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

State Chapter Advocacy Summit Coffee Break (beverages only inside back of meeting room)

3:00pm – 3:30pm CDT Nottoway, 4th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

CSS Expanding Your Footprint with Patients – How to Increase Your Volume Using the ASC Model – Olympus America Inc

6:45am – 7:45am CDT Grand Couteau, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

CSS Live SADI Surgery with the da Vinci Xi Surgical System and Intuitive Hub – Intuitive

6:45am – 7:45am CDT Grand Chenier, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Registration Open

7:30am – 5:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Opening Session – Essential Tools For Challenging Times

8:00am – 9:00am CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU Combined Session

Coffee Break (beverages only)

9:00am – 9:15am CDT Grand Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Charting the Safest Course

9:15am – 12:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CEU Integrated Health

Effect of Obesity Treatment on Infertility and Sexual Well-Being

9:15am – 12:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

When and How to Operate on Complex Cardiac Patients

9:15am – 12:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

Lunch/Exhibits Open

12:15pm – 1:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom C, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Navigating Rough Waters: Post-op Challenges

1:15pm – 5:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CEU

Impact of Bariatric Surgery on NASH/NAFLD

1:15pm – 3:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

Maximizing and Measuring Orthopedic Improvements After Bariatric Surgery

1:15pm – 3:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

Coffee Break (beverages only)/Exhibits

3:15pm – 3:45pm CDT Grand Ballroom C, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Difficult Surgical Decisions in Cancer Patients

3:45pm – 5:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

Surgical Treatment of Diabetes: Literature Update and Comparison to Medications

3:45pm – 5:15pm CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

ASMBS Welcome Reception/Exhibits

5:15pm – 6:30pm CDT Grand Ballroom C, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

CSS Titan SGS Stapler Surgeon Outcomes in Sleeve Gastrectomy – Standard Bariatrics | Teleflex

6:45am – 7:45am CDT Grand Chenier, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Registration Open

7:30am – 3:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Catching Up With the Currents: Anti-Obesity Medications

8:00am – 12:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CEU Integrated Health

Individualized Approach to Reflux in Primary and Revisional Patients

8:00am – 9:30am CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

Technical Master Class 1: Technique and Technical Pearls in Primary and Revisional Bariatric Surgery

8:00am – 9:30am CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

Coffee Break (beverages only)/Exhibits

9:30am – 10:00am CDT Grand Ballroom C, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Special Considerations in the Pregnant Patient

10:00am – 12:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

Technical Master Class 2: Complications in Primary and Revisional Surgery

10:00am – 12:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon

Lunch

12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom C, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans

Preop Liver Shrinking Diet: Data or Dogma?

1:00pm – 3:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom D, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME CEU MOC Combined Session

Riding the Rapids to Success – Panel

1:00pm – 3:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom E, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CEU Integrated Health

Taking a Robotic Program From Start-Up to Exponential Growth

1:00pm – 3:00pm CDT Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor • Sheraton New Orleans
CME MOC Surgeon