Surgery Agenda

08:45 | Opening remarks – Bariatric Day
Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Surgery Department, Tawam Hospital, Adjunct Associate Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

Session 5: Technically challenging cases

Moderators: Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Surgery Department, Tawam Hospital, Adjunct Associate Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Safwan Taha, Governor, UAE Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Consultant Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon, Director of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre (COEMBS), Mediclinic - Airport Road, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery, CHMS Khalifa University; Abu Dhabi, UAE

08:50 | Salvation of gastropleural fistula
Dr Bart van Wagensveld, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer, Quro Obesity Center, Member, Editorial Board, Obesity Surgery - Springer, Dubai, UAE

09:10 | Reversal of bypass to normal anatomy
Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Surgery Department, Tawam Hospital, Adjunct Associate Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE 

09:30 | Conversion of bypass to sleeve
Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

09:50 | Revision of gastric bypass
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

10:10 | Concomitant laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Dr Omar Al Marzouqi, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Consultant General Surgeon, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

10:30 | Q&A

10:40 | Coffee Break| Meet the Speakers

Session 6: Updates on (new) techniques

Moderators: Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK 
Dr Faruq Badiuddin, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Consultant General Surgeon: Laparoscopic, Gastrointestinal Surgery & Obesity, Valiant Clinic, Dubai, UAE

11:10 | Endoluminal techniques
Dr Mohammed Karajeh, Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:30 | Banding the bypass
Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, MIS & Bariatric Surgery Faculty, Atrium Health Weight Management, Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric Fellowship Program, Carolinas Healthcare System, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

11:50 | Crural repair in Sleeve
Dr John Rodriguez, Chief of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

12:10 | Q&A

12:30 | Lunch Break

Session 7: Complication management

Moderators: Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, MIS & Bariatric Surgery Faculty, Atrium Health Weight Management, Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric Fellowship Program, Carolinas Healthcare System, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Dr Abdulwahid Al Wahedi, Consultant General Surgeon & Head of Department, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

14:20 | Management of sleeve leak
Dr Hazem Al Momani, Head of Surgery, Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women & Children, Abu Dhabi, UAE

14:40 | Portal vein thrombosis
Dr Mohammed Al Hadad, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:00 | Marginal ulcer in bypass
Prof Dr Tarek Mahdi, Consultant General and Bariatric Surgery, Head of Department, General Surgery, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

15:20 | Prevention of JJ-stomy obstruction
Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, MIS & Bariatric Surgery Faculty, Atrium Health Weight Management, Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric Fellowship Program, Carolinas Healthcare System, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

15:40 | Q&A

Session 8: How I do it

Moderators: Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium
Dr Talat Shaban, Consultant Bariatric Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:00 | Gastric bypass
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

16:20 | OAGB
Dr Adriana Rotundo, Consultant Bariatric and UGI Surgeon, SEHA Emirates Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:40 | Sleeve
Ali Khammas, Head of General Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE 

17:00 | SADI
Dr Javed Razza, Consultant General, Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon, Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:20 | Banding the bypass
Dr BrunoDillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

17:40 | Q&A

17:50 | Closing remarks

Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Surgery Department, Tawam Hospital, Adjunct Associate Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

18:00 | End of day two

Live Workshop: Day two | Thursday, 27 January 2022
locally accredited by Emirates Health Services

Robotic Surgery hands-on workshop on keyhole surgery
Dr Hatem Moussa, Chief of Robotic Surgery and Center of Training and Excellence, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Workshop timings:
10:00 – 12:00
12:30 – 14:30
15:00 – 17:00