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Is Biology Involved in the Predisposition to Obesity?
Claude Bouchard, MD
George A. Bray Chair in Nutrition
Executive Director,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University System,
Baton Rouge, LA |
Viral-induced Mechanisms in Obesity
Richard Atkinson, MD
Director, Obetech Obesity Research
Center
Richmond, VA
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and
Nutritional Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
Meeting Lifestyle Challenges for Exercise
Steven Blair, PED
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
University of Texas Health Science Center,
Houston, TX
Director,
Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
Director of Research
Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research,
Dallas, TX |
Diets and Nutrition
Christopher Gardner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, CA |
Behavioral Strategies for Weight Loss
Gary Foster, PhD
Professor, Medicine and Public Health
Director, Center for Obesity Research
and Education
Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA |
Live Surgery Demonstrations
Gastric bypass surgery: Philip Schauer, MD
Lap band surgery: Bipan Chand, MD
Cleveland Clinic Bariatric & Metabolic Institute,
Cleveland, Ohio |
Long-term Morbidity and Mortality after Bariatric Surgery: U of Utah study
Ted Adams, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Program Director, Exercise Physiologist
Health and Fitness Institute
LDS Hospital,
Salt Lake City, UT |
Management of Patients after Surgery
Robert Kushner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University
Feinberg
School of Medicine
Academic Medical Director
Wellness Institute
Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, IL |
Maintaining Quality in Bariatric Surgery Procedures
Walter Pories, MD
Brody School of Medicine
Department of Surgery,
Greenville, NC |
Mechanisms of Action: Bariatric Surgery
Francesco Rubino, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery/
Attending Surgeon
European Institute of Telesurgery,
Strasbourg, France |
Case-Based Studies: Post Congress Panel Discussion
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
Karen Cooper, DO
Staff, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio
Cynthia L. Moore, MS, RD, LD, FADA
Director, Nutrition Therapy
Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio |
Surgical Techniques - Live Demonstration
Moderator:
George Blackburn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Nutrition
Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center,
Boston, MA
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
Bipan Chand, MD
Cleveland Clinic Bariatric & Metabolic Institute,
Cleveland, Ohio |
Pediatric Obesity
Barbara Moore, PhD
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Shape Up America!,
Washington, DC |
Environmental Aspects
Kelly Brownell, PhD
Professor of Psychology,
Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Rudd Center
for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut |
Regulatory Mechanisms
Carel le Roux, MD, PhD
Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Metabolic Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital
UK Division of Investigative
Science
Imperial College,
London, England |
Lifestyle Changes
James Hill, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Director,
Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,
Denver, Colorado |
Current Therapeutic Recommendations
Caroline Apovian, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School
of Medicine
Director, Nutrition & Weight
Management Center
Boston Medical Center,
Boston, Massachusetts |
Experts’ Forum
Moderator: Philip Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
Caroline Apovian, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School
of Medicine
Director, Nutrition & Weight
Management Center
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
George Blackburn, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
and Nutrition
Associate Director,
Division of Nutrition
Chief, Nutritional/Metabolism Lab
Director, Center for Study
of Nutrition Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
S. Sethu Reddy, MD, FACE
Chairman and Program Director
Department of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolism
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio |
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Columbia
University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Nutrition
St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Center
New York, New York
Bruce Wolfe, MD
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, Oregon
John Dixon, MD
Head, Clinical Research,
Centre for Obesity Research
and Education
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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