Reasons To Attend IFSO 2017
- Pre-congress courses including the 6th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Video and operating sessions discussing technical aspects and management of complications
- Sessions about established operative, endoscopic as well as novel procedures for weight loss and type 2 diabetes
- Multidisciplinary symposia with physicians, psychologists, anaesthetists, plastic surgeons, dieticians and primary care doctors
- Symposia about special patient groups including adolescents and young adults, pregnant women who have had surgery and older patients
- Innovative sessions including the use of technology in obesity and bariatric surgery, medicolegal issues and the impact of bariatric tourism
- ‘Dragon’s Den meets Shark tank’ – participants will be able to pitch their ideas for randomized controlled trials to a panel of experts
- Networking lunches for Allied Health Professionals, Young IFSO members and Women in Bariatric Surgery
- ‘Meet the Expert’ lunchtime sessions
- European, Latin American, Asia Pacific, ASMBS and Pan-Arab Symposia
- Patient engagement sessions