March 5-6, 2010 Orlando, Florida

Course Faculty

Course Chair

Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director Endosurgery
Vice Chair and Chief, Network General Surgery
Duke University Medical Center

Co-Chair

Dana Portenier, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center

Faculty

Marc Bessler, MD
Director, Minimal Access Surgery Center
Director, Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Attending Surgeon
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Michel Gagner, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD
Director, Gastrointestinal Surgery
Co-Director, Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery
Robert and Katherine Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery
University of Minnesota

Raul Rosenthal, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Ohio State School of Medicine and University of South Florida
Medical Director of The Bariatric Institute and Section Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida

Philip Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Kelli Friedman, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Consulting Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University Medical Center

Invited Special Guest Speakers

Paul Enochs, MD
Bariatric Specialists of North Carolina

Ms. Jackie Sneve
Surgical Review Corporation, Strategic Alliances