Thursday September 29th
11:30 Lunch S:t Gertrud
13:00 Program starts – Welcome introduction
Olle Larsson, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, J&J Nordic
13:10 Obesity surgery – Historic perspective, current practice and future direction
Mikael Wirén, MD, Sweden
13:55 Metabolic aspects of gastric bypass
Sten Madsbad, Professor, Denmark
--- Coffee break / Exhibition (20min) ---
15:00 Anesthesia in bariatrics
Anna Hallberg, MD, Sweden
15:40 Fast track model from Aleris
Anna Nordlund / Lena Nordin, Nurse Anesthetists, Sweden
--- Coffee break / Exhibition (15min) ---
16:15 Science in obesity treatment
Jan Hedenbro, Assoc Professor, Sweden
17:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Dieticians – vitamins, minerals and dumping syndrome
Anesthesia nurses – anesthetics and logistics
Coordinators/ward nurses – program setup, KBT, patient flow
OR nurses – startup, logistics, efficiency, indications, patient selection, new procedures
18:00 Program ends – Hotel check-in
19:30 Dinner at Skeppsbron 2 (www.skeppsbron2.com)
Friday September 30th
08:30 Program starts – Day 2 introduction
Olle Larsson, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, J&J Nordic
08:40 Nutrition and dumping syndrome
Anna Laurenius, Registered Dietician, Sweden
09:20 Patient story
09:40 The young ones and the really big ones – what do we do?
Torsten Olbers, MD, Sweden
--- Coffee break / Exhibition (25 min) ---
10:50 Addictive behaviors
Ulla Wattar, Psychologist, Denmark
11:35 Obesity surgery and the media
Jan Hedenbro, Assoc Professor, Sweden
12:20 Closing remarks by moderators
Charlotte de Maré, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Sweden
Lars Therkelsen, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Denmark
12:45 Program ends –
Evaluations feedback
13:00 Lunch
Meeting venue: S:t Gertrud Konferens, Malmö
