Speakers
Course Director
Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Associate Director(s)
Laura Andromalos, MS, RD, CSOWM, CDCES
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Sodexo
Minneapolis, MN
Paul Davidson, PhD
Director of Behavioral Services
Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Julie Kim, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Member, Faculty of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Weight Management Center
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD, FACS
Director
Physicians East
Greenville, NC
Faculty
Luigi Angrisani, MD
Associate Professor of General Surgery
Department of Public Health
Federico II University of Naples - Italy
Associate Professor of General Surgery
Department of Public Health
Federico II University of Naples - Italy
Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Adiana Castro, MS, RDN, CDN, CLT
Owner, Compass Nutrition and Clinical Dietitian
Weill Cornell Medicine
GI Metabolic and Bariatric Clinic
New York, NY
Owner, Compass Nutrition and Clinical Dietitian
Weill Cornell Medicine
GI Metabolic and Bariatric Clinic
New York, NY
Kelli Friedman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Duke Center for Metabolic and
Weight Loss Surgery
Duke Health
Durham, NC
Clinical Psychologist
Duke Center for Metabolic and
Weight Loss Surgery
Duke Health
Durham, NC
Mark Gorman, PhD
Director of Behavioral Services
Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
South Shore Hospital
Brigham and Women's Surgical Associates
Boston, MA
Director of Behavioral Services
Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
South Shore Hospital
Brigham and Women's Surgical Associates
Boston, MA
William Gourash, PhD, CRNP, RN, CBN
Nurse Practitioner
Senior Research Coordinator and Investigator
Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Surgery Division
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Nurse Practitioner
Senior Research Coordinator and Investigator
Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Surgery Division
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Zachary Grunewald, PhD, MS, RDN, LD
Coordinator, Metabolic and Bariatric Program
Emory Bariatric Center at Johns Creek
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Duluth, GA
Coordinator, Metabolic and Bariatric Program
Emory Bariatric Center at Johns Creek
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Duluth, GA
Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH
General Surgery
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
General Surgery
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Shanu Kothari, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Jean and H. Harlan Stone Chair of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Bariatric Surgeon
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC
Jean and H. Harlan Stone Chair of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Bariatric Surgeon
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC
Lilian Kow, MD
Clinical Director of GI Surgery
Flinders Medical Centre
Clinical Associate Professor
Flinders University of South Australia
Australia
Clinical Director of GI Surgery
Flinders Medical Centre
Clinical Associate Professor
Flinders University of South Australia
Australia
Rami Lutfi, MD
Bariatric Surgery
Chicago Institute of Advanced Surgery
Chicago, IL
Bariatric Surgery
Chicago Institute of Advanced Surgery
Chicago, IL
Kamal Mahawar, MD
Consultant General and Bariatric Surgeon
Sunderland Royal Hospital
North East of England
Consultant General and Bariatric Surgeon
Sunderland Royal Hospital
North East of England
Mary O'Kane, RD, MSc, FBDA
Honorary Consultant Dietitian
Dietetic Department
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Honorary Consultant Dietitian
Dietetic Department
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of Surgery and Chairman
Department of General Surgery
Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic - Florida
President, South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Weston, FL
Professor of Surgery and Chairman
Department of General Surgery
Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic - Florida
President, South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Weston, FL
Nassar Sakran, MD, BSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Holy Family Hospital
Nazareth, Israel
The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine
Bar-Ilan University
President Israeli Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Ramat Gan, Israel
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Holy Family Hospital
Nazareth, Israel
The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine
Bar-Ilan University
President Israeli Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Ramat Gan, Israel
Eric Sheu, MD, PhD
Bariatric Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Bariatric Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FRCPC
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Director of the Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program
Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Director of the Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program
Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
Stephanie Sogg, PhD
Mass General
Brigham Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Mass General
Brigham Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Christine Stier, MD
Obesity Center, NRW
Department Head
Sana Hospitals
Germany
Obesity Center, NRW
Department Head
Sana Hospitals
Germany
Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FASGE, FACG, AGAF, FJGES
Director of Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Brigham Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Director of Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Brigham Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
R. Wesley Vosburg, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Bariatric Surgery
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Bariatric Surgery
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Rickesha Wilson, MD
Metabolic Surgeon
Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Metabolic Surgeon
Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
