ASMBS ANNUAL MEETING GUIDE Table of Contents Committees & Councils . 2 Educational Overview . 9 Policies & Information . 10 Course Directors . 11 Monday, November 2 . 13 Tuesday, November 3 . 32 Wednesday, November 4 . 51 Thursday, November 5 . 62 Friday, November 6 . 76 Posters . 89 Keep the program book in your pocket! Get the most up-to-date information about ObesityWee with the ObesityWeek obile pp. Plan your schedule, view maps of the convention center and exhibit hall, receive important alerts from ObesityWee and more! Scan the R code below with your mobile device to download the mobile ap now! More information at obesityweek.com/connect/social-media ASMBS Meeting Guide | obesityweek.com | #OW2015 1 Committees & Councils Executive Council Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, Jaime Ponce, MD, Stacy A. Brethauer, MD, FASMBS FASMBS FASMBS FASMBS President-Elect Past President Senior Past President Secretary/Treasurer John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS President Aurora D. Pryor, MD, Ranjan Sudan, MD, Eric J. DeMaria, MD, Matthew M. Hutter, MD, FASMBS FASMBS FASMBS FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large Councilperson-at-Large Councilperson-at-Large Councilperson-at-Large Alfons Pomp, MD, David A. Provost, MD, Christine Bauer, MSN, Karen Flanders, MSN, FASMBS FASMBS RN, CBN ARNP Councilperson-at-Large Councilperson-at-Large IH President IH President-Elect IH Executive Council Karen Flanders, MSN, Karen Schulz, MSN, CNS, Laura Boyer, RN, CBN Jill Meador, RN, BSN, ARNP CBN Senior Past President CBN President-Elect Past President Secretary Christine Bauer, RN, MSN, CBN President Nathanial Sann, MSN, Wendy King, PhD Lynn Bolduc, MS, RD, Sue Cummings, MS, RD CRNP, FNP-BC Member-at-Large LD, CDE Member-at-Large Member-at-Large Member-at-Large Stephanie Sogg, PhD Pamela R. Davis, RN, Member-at-Large CBN, MBA Member-at-Large 2 ASMBS Meeting Guide | obesityweek.com | #OW2015 Committees & Councils Program Committee Jeremy Aidlen, MD Alan Saber, MD Mohamed Ali, MD Bruce Schirmer, MD Bipan Chand, MD Benjamin Schneider, MD Wayne English, MD John Scott, MD Jonathon Finks, MD Ranjan Sudan, MD Aurora D. Pryor, MD, FASMBS Peter Hallowell, MD Dana Telem, MD Chair Jason Johnson, MD Shawn Tsuda, MD Keith Kim, MD Brandon Williams, MD Shanu Kothari, MD Erik Wilson, MD Matthew Kroh, MD Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD Monali Misra, MD Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD Bradley Needleman, MD Natan Zundel, MD Michel Gagner, MD Co-Chair Ann Rogers, MD IH Program & Professional Education Committee Laura Andromalos, MS, RD, LDN William Gourash, MSN, CRNP Dale Bond, PhD Leslie Heinberg, PhD Jane Conway, LCSW, RD, CDN Patti Houston, RN Janelle Coughlin, PhD Wendy King, PhD Sue Cummings, RD, LD Connie Klein, RN, NP-C Maureen Quigley, MS, ARNP Dory Ferraro, DNP James Mitchell, MD, PhD Chair Karen Flanders, MSN, CBN, NP-C Kristine Steffen, PharmD, PhD Laura Frank, PhD, RD, CD, MPH Carol Wolin-Riklin, MA, RD, LD Kelli Friedman, PhD Meg Zeller, PhD Rachel Goldman, PhD Paul A. Lorentz, MS, RN, RD Co-Chair ASMBS Meeting Guide | obesityweek.com | #OW2015 3 Committees & Councils Access to Care Committee Kinga Powers, MD Raul Rosenthal, MD Maureen Quigley, ARPN Michael Russo, MD CHAIR Ann Rogers, MD Philip Schauer, MD Wayne English, MD Jayaraj Salimath, DO Bruce Schirmer, MD CO-CHAIR Jerome Schrapps, MD Scott Shikora, MD Brandon Williams, MD Michael Seger, MD CO-CHAIR Rahul Singh, MD Clinical Issues Committee John Scott, MD Daniel Smith, MD Lloyd Stegemann, MD CHAIR EC LIAISON Joshua Steiner, MD Shanu Kothari, MD John Morton, MD Ranjan Sudan, MD CO-CHAIR STAFF LIAISON Brian Sung, MD Julie Kim, MD Leslie Vinson Darren Tishler, MD EC LIAISON MEMBERS Michael Todd, MD Stacy Brethauer, MD Gary Anthone, MD David Treen Jr ., MD STAFF LIAISON John Baker, MD Shawn Tsuda, MD Teresa White Roc Bauman, MD Kristin Turek, CNP MEMBERS Gustavo Bello, MD Ajay Upadhyay, MD Charles Bellows, MD Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD Mohamed Ali, MD Robert Berger, MD Eric Vlockmann, MD Toms Augustin, MD Paul Bird, MD David Von Rueden, MD Dan Azagury, MD Allen Browne, MD Matthew Weiner, MD Naveen Ballem, MD Brenda Cacucci, MD Brian Wong, MD Guilherme Campos, MD Arthur Carlin, MD Robert Carpenter, MD, MPH Robert Carpenter, MD Ad Hoc Jonathan Carter, MD Joseph Chebli, MD Eric DeMaria, MD Chris Gallagher Matthew Christophersen, MD Dan Eisenberg, MD Joe Nadglowski-OAC Carol Church, RN Maher El Chaar, MD Mary Lou Walen Pamela Davis, RN Barry Fisher, MD Janet Fike-Apollo Rachel Dickerson, RN Daniel Gagné, MD Ted Stephens-Apollo Titus Duncan, MD Saber Ghiassi, MD Natalie Heidrich-Ethicon Chris Eagon, MD Brandon Grover, DO Gary Richardson-Ethicon Richard Fermelia, MD Isam Hamdallah, MD Gina Baldo-Medtronic Todd Foreman, MD Marcelo Hinojosa, MD Michael Morseon-Medtronic Patrick Forgione, MD Jason Michael Johnson, DO Vincent Zeringue-Medtronic Philip Gachassin, MD Mark Kligman, MD Dominick Gadaleta, MD Fady Moustarah, MD Michel Gagner, MD Bariatric Surgery Training Sabrena Noria, MD Robert O’Rourke, MD Alian Garay, MD CHAIR Pavlos Papasavas, MD Luis Garcia, MD Alfons Pomp, MD Manish Parikh, MD Jeff Genaw, MD CO-CHAIR John Gens, MD Anthony Petrick, MD Corrigan McBride, MD Troy Glembot, MD Ann Rogers, MD EC LIAISON Valerie Halpin, MD Keith Scharf, DO Alfons Pomp, MD James Hamilton Jr ., MD Bruce Schirmer MD Matthew Hutter, MD STAFF LIAISON David Schumacher, MD Anna Ibele, MD Martha Lindsey Brian Smith, MD Adam Kaplan, MD MEMBERS Harvey Sugerman, MD Ashutosh Kaul, MD Melissa Bagloo, MD Dana Telem, MD Sara Kitchen, RN Morgan Bresnick, MD Shanu Kothari, MD Judy Chen, MD Ad Hoc Literature Review Teresa LaMasters, MD Ronald Clements, MD Kara Kallies Peggy Latare, MD Gregor Dakin, MD Robert Lim, MD Eric DeMaria, MD IH CIGC Liaisons Walter Linstrom, Jr ., Esq Karen Flanders, MSN, ARNP Terry McKenzie, RN Jamie Loggins, MD Matthew Fourman, MD Stephanie Sogg, PhD Corrigan McBride, MD William Gourash, ARNP Matthew Metz, MD Brandon Grover, MD Rachel Moore, MD James Lau, MD Christopher Northup, MD Matthew Martin, MD Michael Oberg, MD Samer Mattar, MD Alexander Onopchenko, MD Rachel Moore, MD Shelia Partridge, MD Nissin Nahmias, MD John Pender, MD Carl Pesta, MD Carl Pesta, MD Dana Portenier, MD Richard Peterson, MD John Price, MD James Pitt, DO Prashanth Ramachandra, MD 4 ASMBS Meeting Guide | obesityweek.com | #OW2015 Committees & Councils Communications Committee Insurance Committee Muffazal Lakdawala, MD Wei-Jei Lee, MD CHAIR CHAIR Samer Mattar, MD Daniel Herron, MD Matthew Brengman, MD Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD CO-CHAIR CO-CHAIR Pablo Omelanzuck, MD Richard Peterson, MD Helmuth Billy, MD Blanca Rios, MD EC LIAISON EC LIAISON Alan Saber, MD Ranjan Sudan, MD Stacy Brethauer, MD Shashank S . Shah, MS Ian S . Soriano, MD STAFF LIAISON STAFF LIAISON Aley El-Din Tohamy, MD Claire Wilsen Leslie Vinson Antonio Torres, MD MEMBERS MEMBERS Ramon Vilallonga, MD Joshua B . Alley, MD Ann Couch, RN Rudolph Weiner, MD Gregory Byer, MD Wayne J . English, MD Paul Wizman, MD Jonathan Finks, MD Matthew M . Hutter, MD Peng Zhang, MD Mark Fusco, MD Gregg H . Jossart, MD Carlos Galvani, MD Ben Kocaj, MBA Ad Hoc Valerie Halpin, MD Ashutosh Kaul, MD Manuela Mazzarella Marcelo Hinojosa, MD Peter C . LePort, MD Marina Kurian, MD Walter Lindstrom Jr ., Esq D . Wayne Overby, MD Rachel L . Moore, MD Membership Committee Allan Okrainec, MD Mario Morales, MD CHAIR D . Wayne Overby, MD Tina G . Napora, CPC John Kelly, MD Aileen A . Murphy, DO Alexander Onopchenko, MD CO-CHAIR Emma Patterson, MD Jaime Ponce, MD Anthony Petrick, MD Kevin Reavis, MD Beth A . Schrope, MD Michael A . Russo, MD Don Jay Selzer, MD CO-CHAIR Brian Smith, MD Mary Lou Walen Samuel Szomstein, MD Nathaniel Sann, CRNP Thomas White, MD EC LIAISON Shawn Tsuda, MD David Provost, MD Duc C . Vuong, MD Ad Hoc STAFF LIAISON Matthew J . Weiner, MD Chris Gallagher Susan Good Nicole Gier-Ethicon MEMBERS Emerging Technology and Natalie Heidric- Ethicon Naif AlEnazi, MD Procedures Committee Philip Cohen, MD International Development Darrell Doucette, MD CHAIR Committee Adam Dungey, BSN RN George Eid, MD Stephanie Dunkle-Blatter, MD CO-CHAIR CHAIR Robert Lim, MD Erik Wilson, MD Natan Zundel, MD Erik Lough, MD EC LIAISON CO-CHAIR Scott Monte, PharmD Aurora Pryor, MD Homero Rivas, MD Prakesh Paragi, MD STAFF LIAISON CO-CHAIR Jon Pressett, MD Kamran Samakar, MD Leslie Vinson Samuel Szomstein, MD Vafa Shayani, MD MEMBERS EC LIAISON April Smith, PharmD Mohamed Ali, MD Jaime Ponce, MD Samuel Szomstein, MD Gregory Dakin, MD STAFF LIAISON Andre Teixeira, MD Paul Enochs, MD Susan Good David Tichansky, MD Keith Gersin, MD MEMBERS Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD Valerie Halpin, MD Sanjay Agrawal, MD Natan Zundel, MD Donald Hess, MD Ahmed R . Ahmed, MD Matthew Hutter, MD Ramzi Alami, MD Zeid Keilani, MD Pediatric Surgery Committee Dan Azagury, MD Shanu Kothari, MD Moataz Bashah, MD CHAIR Matthew Kroh, MD Estuardo J . Behrens, MD Kirk Reichard, MD Matthew Lin, MD Cynthia-Michelle Borg, MD CO-CHAIR Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD Diego R . Camacho, MD Samer Mattar, MD Dean Mikami, MD Guilherme Campos, MD Dmitry Oleynikov, MD EC LIAISON Minyoung Cho, MD Jaime Ponce, MD Alfons Pomp, MD John B . Dixon, MD David Provost, MD STAFF LIAISON Michel Gagner, MD Michael Russo, MD Susan Good Manual Galvao Neto, MD Alan Saber, MD MEMBERS Yitka Graham Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD Jeremy Aidlen, MD Kelvin Higa, MD Natan Zundel, MD Karen Bailey, MD Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD Kathryn Bass, MD Mousa Khoursheed, MD ASMBS Meeting Guide | obesityweek.com | #OW2015 5 Committees & Councils Mary Brandt, MD Quality Improvement and Nancy Puzziferri, MD Kimberly Brennan, RN Malcolm Robinson, MD Allen Browne, MD Patient Safety Committee Stanley Rogers, MD Nancy Tkacz Browne RN CHAIR Isaac Samuel, MD Matias Bruzoni, MD Eric DeMaria, MD Michael Schweitzer, MD Joy Collins, MD CO-CHAIR Vadim Sherman, MD Anita Courcoulas, MD Kimberley E . Steele, MD Dana Telem, MD Robert Cywes, MD, PhD Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD EC LIAISON Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz, MD Gladys Strain, PhD Eric DeMaria, MD Ashish P .