Conference has concluded
Key Dates
Call for Papers Opens August 2011
Call for Papers closes 31 December 2011
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract 10 February 2012
Early Bird Closes 23 February 2012
Conference Commences 11 April 2012
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Exhibitor Passport

This year you will be given an Exhibitor Passport at the Registration Desk. Make sure you visit as many booths as possible (minimum is 12) and hand your stamped passport to the Registration Desk for your chance to win an iPod touch!

Darwin Convention Centre Water fall Darwin and surrounds
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Professor Philip R. Schauer



Professor John McNeil Professor Michael Cowley Associate Professor David Dunstan PhD

Poster Program

Poster No. First Name Surname Title
1 Thair AlDujaili Functional Roux Limb Obstruction After Gastric Bypass Surgery, Case Report
2 Asiri Arachchi A rare anatomical variation of the femoral nerve: A report of a case
3 Anthony Azzi 5 year follow up to the “Science Behind the Art of Gastric Band Adjustments”
4 Helen Bauzon Weight Loss Surgery Nutrition, Checkout
6 Anthony Brancatisano Self Modulating Gastric Band Accessory - First-in-Human Clinical Trial Design and Initial Safety Results
7 Kristenne Clement Laparoscopic extended sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding- a comparative study assessing HbA1C and co-morbidity resolution
8 Kristenne Clement Laparoscopic extended sleeve gastrectomy: results from 332 consecutive cases
9 Leon Cohen Re-sleeve gastrectomy: Patient selection, technique and outcomes
10 Colleen M. Cook The Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients
11 John Dixon RISK OF GASTRIC POUCH ENLARGEMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN: SEX HORMONES MAY PLAY A ROLE?
13 Robert Fris Migraines, Headaches, and Bariatric Surgery
17 George Hopkins Portal vein thrombosis complicating routine sleeve gastrectomy
18 George Hopkins Pre-operative weight loss for the Obese (non-bariatric) elective patient
19 Christian Kenfield Failed Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Resection Roux-en-Y Bypass
20 Christian Kenfield Conversion of failed and complicated gastric banding to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
21 Tony Palasovski Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Revisional Procedure After Failed Laparoscopic Banding or Gastric Stapling
22 Ashvin Paramanathan Understanding the bariatric surgical patient in Asia: Demographics of a multi-ethnic cohort at a dedicated obesity unit in Singapore
24 Jayasshree Todkar Does this population need metabolic surgery: Need to revise the strategy for bariatric and metabolic surgery: A gender specific study of Indian patients visiting Bariatric and Metabolic clinic in Asia
25 Trudy Williams Comparative nutrient review of products formulated or promoted for weight loss by life stage, gender, and body weight
26 Lee Young Sleeve gastrectomy complications & stent efficacy

 

Sponsors

Prime Sponsors
Allergan     Johnson Johnson Medical
Silver Sponsors
Gore, Creative Technologies Worldwide
Allied Health Session Sponsor
Optifast
Allied Health Award Sponsor
Covidien

Exhibitors

Olympus Metagenics - Bariatric Advantage EnteroMedics, Orchestrating Obesity Solutions Baxter Surgeons-Choice SOLE Health, Band Buddies Applied Medical Karl Storz - endoskope MIDBAND Great Ideas in Nutrition Alliance Surgical Online Medical
Specialising in web development for medical specialists and practices
Video Surgery
Providers of the conference webcast and specialists in surgical videos


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