VHC Health

Ticket includes full symposium and breakfast before the event. Ticket does not include $7 parking fee. 

Please contact LMontague@VHCHealth.org for questions.

General Admission

Student Admission

Earn up to 3.75 contact hours* in one morning! This year's Bariatric Symposium focuses on new and upcoming therapies for the treatment of obesity and challenges participants to consider stigma and weight bias around them.  Start your day off with a healthy breakfast in the Hazel Conference Center. Join the VHC Health Bariatric & Metabolic Health Center team for interactive panel discussions and mobility education with our therapy team!  Listen to a patient share her experience with metabolic and bariatric surgery. Vendors will also be on-site for equipment demonstrations. Full agenda below: 7:00   - 7:50 am  Registration and breakfast 7:55 - 8:00 am Welcome remarks and course overview - J. R. Salameh, MD (Course Director)  8:00 - 9:00 am Medical and Surgical Treatment of obesityObesity: Implications for Individual and Public Health - Safa Osman, MDNew and Upcoming Medical Therapies for Obesity - Arshad Ali, DONew and Upcoming Endoscopic Weight Loss Procedures - Saad Haque, MDPanel Discussion and Questions 9:00 – 10:15 am New Concepts in Anesthetic Management for the Patient with Obesity - Alan Molina, MDNew Bariatric Surgeries: One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass - C. Steeve David, MDNew Bariatric Surgeries: SADI-S - J. R. Salameh, MDRecognizing Complications after Bariatric Surgery - Lynn Montague-Daddio, MSNPanel Discussion and Questions  10:15 – 10:45 am               Hands-on Break:  Safe Mobilization of Obese Patients and Injury Prevention  10:45 am – 12:00 pm        Bariatric Surgery Perioperative ConsiderationsExercise: Getting Started and Staying Motivated - Laura Sullivan, RDOptimizing Protein Intake after Weight Loss Surgery - Brooke Schneid, RDDiscrimination and Bias in Society and Healthcare - Michelle Coleman, PhD         Before and After Weight Loss Surgery - Patient Experience Panel Discussion and Questions *In order to receive contact hours you might sign in, be present for the entire course, and complete an evaluation form. Virginia Hospital Center is approved with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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Earn up to 3.75 contact hours* in one morning! This year's Bariatric Symposium focuses on new and upcoming therapies for the treatment of obesity and challenges participants to consider stigma and weight bias around them.  Start your day off with a healthy breakfast in the Hazel Conference Center. Join the VHC Health Bariatric &amp; Metabolic Health Center team for interactive panel discussions and mobility education with our therapy team!  Listen to a patient share her experience with metabolic and bariatric surgery. Vendors will also be on-site for equipment demonstrations. Full agenda below: 7:00   - 7:50 am  Registration and breakfast 7:55 - 8:00 am Welcome remarks and course overview - J. R. Salameh, MD (Course Director)  8:00 - 9:00 am Medical and Surgical Treatment of obesityObesity: Implications for Individual and Public Health - Safa Osman, MDNew and Upcoming Medical Therapies for Obesity - Arshad Ali, DONew and Upcoming Endoscopic Weight Loss Procedures - Saad Haque, MDPanel Discussion and Questions 9:00 – 10:15 am New Concepts in Anesthetic Management for the Patient with Obesity - Alan Molina, MDNew Bariatric Surgeries: One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass - C. Steeve David, MDNew Bariatric Surgeries: SADI-S - J. R. Salameh, MDRecognizing Complications after Bariatric Surgery - Lynn Montague-Daddio, MSNPanel Discussion and Questions  10:15 – 10:45 am               Hands-on Break:  Safe Mobilization of Obese Patients and Injury Prevention  10:45 am – 12:00 pm        Bariatric Surgery Perioperative ConsiderationsExercise: Getting Started and Staying Motivated - Laura Sullivan, RDOptimizing Protein Intake after Weight Loss Surgery - Brooke Schneid, RDDiscrimination and Bias in Society and Healthcare - Michelle Coleman, PhD         Before and After Weight Loss Surgery - Patient Experience Panel Discussion and Questions *In order to receive contact hours you might sign in, be present for the entire course, and complete an evaluation form. Virginia Hospital Center is approved with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

VHC Health

2024 VHC Health Bariatric Symposium

VHC Health - Hazel Auditorium 1701 N George Mason Drive

General Admission

Free

Student Admission

Free