To register, or for more information, go to: www.MISS-CME.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Philip R. Schauer, MDProfessor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric SurgeryDigestive Disease Institute Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

VENETIAN/PALAZZOLAS VEGAS

FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 1, 2014

14TH ANNUAL

2014

Join us for the premier meeting of thought leaders and pioneers in minimally invasive surgery

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Register by DECEMBER 20Save $300!

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Topics:⦁ Colon⦁ Hernia⦁ Foregut⦁ Metabolic/BariatricPLUS, Optional Hands-on Suturing and Endoscopy Workshops* and Practice Management Workshop*

*Extra fee required.

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Dear Colleague,It is my pleasure to invite you to our upcoming Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS), February 26 - March 1, 2014 at the Venetian/Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now in its 14th year, MISS is the premier meeting of thought leaders and pioneers in minimally invasive surgery for colon, hernia, foregut, and metabolic/bariatric surgery. In addition to compelling general sessions, the 2014 MISS will offer hands-on training with workshops* in laparoscopic suturing and endoscopic interventions as well as a practice management workshop* designed to help you become more successful in your practice. Special for 2014, we are thrilled to present our keynote speaker, Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, President of AACE, who will offer his unique perspective on the new AACE guidelines for treating diabetes and their implications for surgery.Our venue is the magnificent Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas. Take advantage of our discount room rate to enjoy fine dining and exciting entertainment while at MISS!

With flexible registration options and early bird rates, MISS is a very affordable, as well as an enjoyable way to elevate your skills in the most advanced laparoscopic techniques while you earn up to 32 CME credits. I hope to see you and your colleagues at the 2014 MISS! Sincerely,

Philip R. Schauer, MDExecutive Director, MISS

* Optional extra fee required

14TH ANNUAL

2014EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Philip R. Schauer, MDProfessor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric SurgeryDigestive Disease Institute Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, FACE, ECNUPresidentAmerican Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)Clinical Professor of MedicineDirector, Metabolic SupportDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone DiseaseIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

COLON PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR John Marks, MDColon Program Co-DirectorMedical DirectorLankenau Hospital/Main Line Health SystemsWynnewood, PA

HERNIA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORGuy R. Voeller, MDProfessor of SurgeryUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN

FOREGUT PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR William O. Richards, MDChairDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of South Alabama College of MedicineMobile, AL

METABOLIC/BARIATRIC PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORSJohn Dixon, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCPAssociate ProfessorMonash UniversitySenior Clinical ScientistBaker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Wolfe, MDProfessor of SurgeryOregon Health and Science UniversityPast-PresidentASMBSPortland, OR

FACULTY

Venetian/Palazzo, Las Vegas, NevadaTake advantage of discount room rates of $189* per night for participants of MISS. To make your reservation, call the Venetian/Palazzo reservation department at (877) 385-3885 or (866) 659-9659 and mention you are a MISS attendee. The discount rate expires January 28, 2014, but we suggest you make your arrangements as soon as possible as our room block will sell out.*Plus a $25 amenity fee entitling you to: unlimited in-suite internet access, complimentary daily newspaper, unlimited local and toll-free calls, and daily access for two to the fitness facility within the Canyon Ranch SpaClub®. ** Suites will be assigned in either the Venetian or Palazzo tower based on availability. **Hotel cancellation policy: Attendees are charged a deposit of one (1) night suite and tax per suite to guar-antee accommodations. Individual deposits will be credited to individual folios. Hotel will refund deposits when individual suite reservations are canceled a minimum of 72 hours prior to scheduled arrival date.

ABOUT OUR VENUE

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 8:15 AM Optional Laparoscopic Suturing Workshop10:45 AM Optional Endoscopic Interventions Workshop

Colon Program1:00 PM Welcome and Introduction1:15 PM Essential Anatomy/Relationships/Danger Areas for Laparoscopic

Colonic Surgery1:30 PM Room Set-up and Equipment: Options and Requirements1:45 PM Data Behind Antibiotics, SCIP Measures and Bowel Preps:

Does it Apply to Laparoscopic Colorectal Patients? 2:00 PM Q&A/Panel with FacultyTechnical Approaches/Tricks2:15 PM Splenic Flexure Release (video); Inframesocolic, Supramesocolic

and Lateral Approaches2:30 PM Middle Colic Artery (video): Infracolic, Supracolic and Rotational

Approaches2:45 PM Small Bowel Positioning and Approach to the IMA/IMV3:00 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty3:15 PM Refreshment Break3:30 PM What is Optimal Nutritional/Immunologic Preparation

for the Lap Colorectal Patient? Can we Do Better?3:45 PM Ergonomics and Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: Where Are the

Problems and Why?4:00 PM Robotic Colorectal Surgery: What Problems Does It Address

and How? 4:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty4:30 PM Anatomy, Component Steps and Video Demonstration of a Total

Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer4:45 PM Robotic TME: How and Why?5:00 PM The Lap TATA Procedure for Low Rectal Cancer: Avoiding Colostomy5:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty5:30 PM Refreshment Break5:45 PM Single Port Left Colectomy: Is it Doable? How?6:00 PM Hand-Assisted Left Colectomy: Advantages and Disadvantages 6:15 PM How Do We Measure Outcomes In Colorectal Surgery?

Are We Looking at the Right Things?6:30 PM Q&A/Panel with FacultyWhen Bad Things Happen to Good People6:45 PM Videos of Laparoscopic Complications: Recognizing

and Addressing Problems7:00 PM Robotic Complications: Videos7:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty7:30 PM Chairman’s Welcome Reception/Exhibits Open9:00 PM Adjourn for Evening

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014Colon Program, continued6:30 AM Breakfast/ExhibitsDiverticulitis7:30 AM Is the Hartmann’s Procedure Dead? Data Regarding Observation/

Who Should Be Operated On/What Should Be Done? 7:45 AM Laparoscopic Washout: How To Do It and On Whom: Data and Tips 8:00 AM Challenges and Complications of Laparoscopic Diverticulitis

Surgery: Identify and Avoid8:15 AM Q&A/Panel with FacultyFuture Directions8:30 AM Bottom-Up Approach to Rectal Surgery8:45 AM TAMIS Surgery: Opportunities and Results9:00 AM Miniature Robots and the Wave of the Future9:15 AM Q&A/Panel with Faculty9:30 AM Refreshment Break/Exhibits

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Philip R. Schauer, MDProfessor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric SurgeryDigestive Disease Institute Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, FACE, ECNUPresidentAmerican Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)Clinical Professor of MedicineDirector, Metabolic SupportDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone DiseaseIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

COLON PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR John Marks, MDColon Program Co-DirectorMedical DirectorLankenau Hospital/Main Line Health SystemsWynnewood, PA

HERNIA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORGuy R. Voeller, MDProfessor of SurgeryUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN

FOREGUT PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR William O. Richards, MDChairDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of South Alabama College of MedicineMobile, AL

METABOLIC/BARIATRIC PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORSJohn Dixon, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCPAssociate ProfessorMonash UniversitySenior Clinical ScientistBaker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Wolfe, MDProfessor of SurgeryOregon Health and Science UniversityPast-PresidentASMBSPortland, OR

SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCECOLON FACULTYMatthew Albert, MDFlorida HospitalAltamonte Springs, FL

Bradley Davis, MDUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

Kirk Ludwig, MDMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI

Vincent Obias, MDGeorge Washington University School of MedicineWashington, DC

Dmitry Oleynikov, MDUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE

John Marks, MDLankenau Hospital/Main Line Health SystemsWynnewood, PA

Alessio Pigazzi, MDCity of Hope National CenterDuarte, CA

Barry Salky, MDMount Sinai New York, NY

Patricia Sylla, MDMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

HERNIA FACULTYTodd Heniford, MD Carolinas Healthcare System Charlotte, NC Maurice Nahabedian, MDGeorgetown UniversityWashington, DCYuri Novitsky, MDCleveland ClinicCleveland, OhioMichael Rosen, MDCleveland ClinicCleveland, Ohio Guy R. Voeller, MDUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN

FOREGUT FACULTYJack DiPalma, MDUniversity of South AlabamaMobile, AlabamaNipun Merchant, MDVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TennesseeDmitry Oleynikov, MDUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NEWilliam O. Richards, MDUniversity of South Alabama College of MedicineMobile, AL

METABOLIC/BARIATRIC FACULTYStacy Brethauer, MDCleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

Ricardo Cohen, MDBrazilian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic /SurgerySao Paolo, Brazil

Dan Cottam, MD*Bariatric SurgeonSalt Lake City, UT

Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPHUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburgh, PA

Justin B. Dimick, MDUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

John Dixon, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCPMonash UniversityMelbourne, AustraliaMichel Gagner, MDClinique Michel GagnerMontreal, Canada

Christopher Gallagher, MDState University of New YorkStonybrook, NY

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhDMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

Keith Kim, MD*Florida HospitalCelebration, FL

Sam Klein, MDWashington University School of MedicineSt Louis, MO

Robert Kushner, MD, MSNorthwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity Chicago, IL

Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr, MDPhysicians EastGreenville, NC

John Morton, MD, MPHStanford School of MedicineStanford, CA

Ninh T. Nguyen, MDUniversity of California, Irvine Medical CenterOrange, CA

Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBSHamilton Medical GroupDalton, GA

Walter Pories, MD, FACSEast Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC

Aurora Pryor, MDBariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss CenterStony Brook, NY

Christine Ren-Fielding, MDNew York University School of MedicineNew York, NY

Tomasz Rogula, MDCleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

James Saxton, JDStevens and LeeLancaster, PA

Philip R. Schauer, JDCleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

Bruce Schirmer, MDUniversity of Virginia Health SystemCharlottesville, VA

Scott Shikora, MD* Brigham and Women’s HospitalBoston, MA

Bruce Wolfe, MD Oregon Health and Science UniversityPortland, OR*Invited

(Faculty and agenda subject to change. Please see web site for updated schedule.)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014, continuedHernia Program Part 1Postoperative Groin Herniorraphy Inguinodynia10:00 AM Operative Techniques to Lessen Postop Inguinodynia;

What to with Nerves; Options for Mesh Fixation; Other tricks10:15 AM Predicting and Lessening Postop Inguinodynia—

There is an App for This!10:30 AM Does Mesh Type and/or Density Matter Biologic, Biosynthetic, Synthetic?10:45 AM Q&A Panel with FacultyVentral/Incisional Hernia11:00 AM Components Separation—Options, When to Do, How to Do,

New Technologies to Decrease Skin Ischemia11:15 AM Prevention and Treatment of Parastomal Hernias—Can You Prevent

in the Long Term? Can You Truly “Cure” Long Term?11:30 AM Transversus Abdominis Release—What, When, How, Why, Results!11:45 AM Q&A Panel with Faculty12:00 PM Sponsored Luncheon Symposium1:00 PM Dessert Break Exhibit Hall

Foregut Program Part 11:30 PM Gastroenterologist View of GERD and Who Should

and Should Not Go to Surgery1:45 PM LINKS, Endoscopic Treatment of GERD2:00 PM Gastroparesis Diagnosis and Treatment2:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty2:30 PM Medical Treatment for Barrett’s Esophagus2:45 PM Surgical Treatment for Barrett’s Esophagus3:00 PM Post-op Complications, Redo Nissen, Robotics3:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty3:30 PM Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Hernia Program Part 2Quality in Hernia Repair—You Will Be Judged!3:45 PM Predicting and Impacting Quality of Life After Hernia Repair4:00 PM Quality Collaboration—The New Paradigm; What it Is,

What Does It Mean for the Surgeon4:15 PM The Cost and Prevention of Complications: It’s More Than the Money!4:30 PM Q&A Panel with FacultyVarious Issues and Techniques In Hernia Repair4:45 PM Synthetic Versus Biologic Mesh for Abdominal Wall

Reconstruction: The Evidence and Recommendations5:00 PM Closing the Defect in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia; Why, When,

How and Limitations5:15 PM Use of Synthetic Mesh in the Contaminated Fields:

A New Paradigm?5:30 PM Q&A Panel with Faculty

Foregut Program Part 26:00 PM Laparoscopic Pancreatic Resections6:15 PM Small Bowel Enteroscopy and Therapy6:30 PM Laparoscopic Liver Resections6:45 PM GIST Tumors7:00 PM Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy7:15 PM Q&A/Panel with Faculty

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Part 16:30 AM Breakfast/Exhibits7:30 AM The Science • Gut and Microbiome: Can the Gut Cause Obesity

and Diabetes? • The Role of the Gut in Obesity and Diabetes Management • Debate: How Does the Diabetes Goes Away After

Metabolic Surgery?

• Micronutrient Deficiencies, Hypoglycemia, and Neuropathies • Q&A Panel with Faculty9:40 AM Refreshment Break/Exhibits10:10 AM Keynote Presentation New AACE Guidelines for Treating Diabetes:

Implications for Surgery10:40 AM Metabolic and Diabetes Surgery • Ideal Body Weight (BMI): Fixed or Flexible? • Intense Lifestyle Intervention for Diabetes: Long-Term Results of

the Look AHEAD Trial and Implications • Durability of Metabolic Surgery • Metabolic Surgery for Type 1 Diabetes • Recent Randomized Controlled Trials • Panel: How to Affect Appropriate Utilization of Metabolic

Surgery • Q&A Panel with Faculty12:50 PM Luncheon Symposium (Non-CME)1:50 PM Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall 2:20 PM Quality and Optimizing Outcomes • Debate: Medicare Drops COE Requirement - Good or Bad? • ASMBS POV on Standards, Insurance Recognition, and New

Volume Standards • Obesity and the Affordable Care Act: Potential Implications

on the Metabolic/Bariatric Surgeon • Longevity, Cost, and Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery • Implementation of Quality Assurance Initiatives that Make a

Real Difference • Q&A Panel with Faculty4:25 PM Refreshment Break 4:40 PM Videofest: Results and Techniques • Band Conversion to Sleeve • Staple Line Reinforcement vs. Oversewing • Robotic Bariatric Surgery for Revisions and Complex Cases • Managing Leaks, GI Bleeding, and Obstructions • New Insights into Gastroduodenal Techniques • Q&A Panel with Faculty

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014 Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Part 26:30 AM Breakfast7:30 AM New Drugs, Procedures and Treatment Strategies • New Drug Therapy: Any Role Before and After Surgery? • Maximizing Results of Surgery with Lifestyle Intervention • Keys to Long-term Success with Gastric Banding • Variations on Sleeve Gastrectomy and Duodenal Switch • Reducing Patient & Employee Injuries When Transporting Obese

Patients • Panel: The Future of the Gastric Band • Q&A Panel with Faculty9:30 AM Refreshment Break9:45 AM New Drugs, Procedures and Treatment Strategies, continued • Sleeve Gastrectomy Update • Rare but Devastating Complications of Bariatric Surgery • Decision-making for Revisional Bariatric Surgery • Top 10 Bariatric Surgery Publications of All Time • QandA Panel with Faculty12:15 PM MISS General Sessions Adjourn

Optional Practice Management Program1:00 PM Optional Practice Management Workshop

14TH ANNUAL

2014HANDS-ON WORKSHOPSDirector: Ninh Nguyen, MD, FASMBSEach hands-on workshop offers 2 CME credits.• Improve Your Skills: Laparoscopic Suturing

Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 8:15 AM – 10:15 AM This hands-on course provides an overview of laparoscopic suturing skills and how they allow surgeons to advance to an expert level by adding the flexibility of intracorporeal suturing and knot tying.

• Improve Your Skills: Endoscopic Interventions Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 10:45 AM – 12:45 PM This hands-on workshop features endoscopic techniques for therapeutic endoscopy including clipping, thermal ablation, balloon dilation, and endoscopic stenting.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP • Enhancing Your Surgical Practice

Cutting-Edge Strategies to Help You in the New Environment! Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PMThe purpose of this workshop is to discuss the importance of quality and quality measurement in the new healthcare environment. By breaking down the key issues facing health care providers, including pay for performance, patient engagement, and patient experience, we will help you become more successful in your practice and be able to quantify that success.

Please see web site www.MISS-cme.org for complete workshop information.

OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS

HOW TO REGISTER FOR MISSONLINE: E-MAIL: PHONE:www.MISS-CME.org kkirchner@hqtrs.com (502) 574-9023

GENERAL SESSIONS REGISTRATION OPTIONS (All options include admission to the 2014 MISS Exhibit Hall 2/26-2/28)

• PLATINUM PASSPORT (Includes admission to all Colon, Hernia, Foregut, and Bariatric General Sessions)

Until 12/20/13 Until 1/31/14 After 1/31/14q PHYSICIAN $695 $795 $995q FELLOW/RESIDENT $545 $645 $745q ALLIED HEALTH $475 $575 $675q NON-EXHIBITING MEDICAL $4,950 $5,500 $7,500

DEVICE COMPANIES

• BARIATRIC/HERNIA/FOREGUT (Includes admission to all Bariatric, Hernia, and Foregut General Sessions)

q PHYSICIANS $595 $695 $895q RESIDENTS/FELLOWS $445 $545 $645q ALLIED HEALTH $345 $445 $545

• �COLON/HERNIA/FOREGUT�(Includes admission to all Colon, Hernia, and Foregut General Sessions)

q PHYSICIANS $595 $695 $895q RESIDENTS/FELLOWS $445 $545 $645q ALLIED HEALTH $345 $445 $545

OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS Until 12/20/13 Until 1/31/14 After 1/31/14

q LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING $175 $225 $275Wednesday, February 26, 2014

q INTERVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPY $175 $225 $275Wednesday, February 26, 2014

q PRACTICE MANAGEMENT $95 $150 $195Saturday, March 1, 2014

Cancellation Policy: 2014 MISS will offer a full refund less a $50 administrative fee, as follows: Requests for refunds must be made in writing postmarked, e-mailed, or faxed prior to February 8, 2014. No refunds will be granted after February 8, 2014. Substitutions are welcome in lieu of cancellations. Refunds will not be issued to no-show registrants.

COLON PROGRAM 8 CME Credits AvailableAfter completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:• Review the technical aspects of laparoscopic colectomy with an emphasis

on complicated disease processes including the reoperative abdomen, advanced malignancies, and pelvic dissection.

• Illustrate the principles of laparoscopic colon resection for benign and malignant disease with an emphasis on complex cases.

• Discuss the available strategies to improve perioperative outcomes.• Review the different techniques of anastomotic creation and the potential

ways to avoid and treat anastomotic leaks.• Detail the different options for minimally invasive abdominal procedures

including laparoscopy, handassisted techniques, the use of the robot, and SILS.

HERNIA PROGRAM 4 CME Credits AvailableAfter completing this activity, participants will be able to:• Understand the current common techniques for inguinal hernia repair• Understand open and laparoscopic techniques for repair of ventral and

incisional hernias.• Understand the differences among biologic, synthetic, and biosynthetic

meshes and when best to use them.

FOREGUT PROGRAM 3.5 CME Credits AvailableAfter completing this activity, participants will be able to:• Ascertain and describe medical and surgical treatment options for GERD• Describe treatments for GERD and esophageal cancer• Identify and manage complications of surgical treatment for GERD• Identify and manage recurrence of disease

METABOLIC/BARIATRIC PROGRAM 12.5 CME Credits AvailableAfter completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:• Summarize the recent research on obesity causes including genetic and

biologic factors.• Discuss the pros and cons for current bariatric surgical options for obese

patients, and describe the appropriate perioperative care.• Review the clinical trial evidence documenting the impact of bariatric

surgery on cardiovascular morbidity, mortality, and risk factors.• Discuss the efficacy of current obesity management strategies, including

lifestyle, diets, pharmacology, and surgery.• Diagnose and treat comorbidities associated with obesity including cancers,

diabetes, and heart disease.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Physician AccreditationThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Cincinnati and the Global Academy for Medical Education. The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit DesignationThe University of Cincinnati designates this live activity for a maximum of 32 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants Credit DesignationThe American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts Category 1 CME approval from the American Academy of Family Physicians and organizations accredited by the ACCME to grant Category 1 hours toward the PRA.

Faculty DisclosureIn accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) requirements on disclosure, information about the relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials distributed at the conference.

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Topics:⦁ Colon ⦁ Hernia ⦁ Foregut⦁ Metabolic/BariatricPLUS, Optional Hands-on Suturing and Endoscopy Workshops* and Practice Management Workshop**Extra fee required.

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Topics:Colon ⦁ Hernia ⦁ Foregut ⦁ Metabolic/BariatricPLUS, Optional Hands-on Suturing and Endoscopy Workshops* and Practice Management Workshop**Extra fee required.

SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERJeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, FACE, ECNUPresidentAmerican Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)Clinical Professor of MedicineDirector, Metabolic SupportDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone DiseaseIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

Philip R. Schauer, MDProfessor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric SurgeryDigestive Disease Institute Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

COLONCO-DIRECTOR John Marks, MD

HERNIACO-DIRECTOR Guy R. Voeller, MD

FOREGUTCO-DIRECTOR William O. Richards, MD

BARIATRIC/METABOLIC CO-DIRECTORS John Dixon, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCP Bruce Wolfe, MD

FACULTYCOLONMatthew Albert, MDBradley Davis, MDKirk Ludwig, MDVincent Obias, MDDmitry Oleynikov, MDAlessio Pigazzi, MDBarry Salky, MDPatricia Sylla, MD

HERNIATodd Heniford, MD Maurice Nahabedian, MDYuri Novitsky, MDMichael Rosen, MD

FOREGUTJack DiPalma, MDNipun Merchant, MDDmitry Oleynikov, MD

METABOLIC/BARIATRICStacy Brethauer, MDRicardo Cohen, MDDan Cottam, MD*Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPHJustin B. Dimick, MDMichel Gagner, MDChristopher Gallagher, MDLee Kaplan, MD, PhDKeith Kim, MD*Sam Klein, MDRobert Kushner, MD, MSKenneth G. MacDonald, Jr, MDJohn Morton, MD, MPHNinh T. Nguyen, MDJaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBSWalter Pories, MD, FACSAurora Pryor, MDChristine Ren-Fielding, MDTomasz Rogula, MDJames Saxton, JD.Bruce Schirmer, MDScott Shikora, MD*

*Invited

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