Bariatric surgery remains the most efficacious weight loss intervention for the treatment of obesity and should be considered as part of a comprehensive treatment delivered by a multidisciplinary team.

Join specialists from Prince of Wales Private Hospital for this education session as they provide an update for GPs around the management of Bariatric patients.

Presented by:

Dr David Joseph,  Hepatobiliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon

Dr David Links, Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric surgeon

Dr Robert Gandy, Upper GI, HPB and General Surgeon

Facilitated by Dr Georgia Rigas, VMO-Obesity Doctor & Senior Bariatric Medical Practitioner and Founder and Past Chair of the RACGP Specific Interests Obesity Management Network

Topics covered include

• Who benefits from Metabolic intervention and How do the non-surgical weight loss options stack up?
• How to work up a patient for metabolic surgery and how do we choose the right procedure?
• Managing issues pertaining to bariatric–metabolic surgery that GPs face, including common problems and weight regain?

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify the different subgroups of patients who may benefit from different modalities of weight loss and how the non surgical and surgical weight loss options compare
• Understand how specialist bariatrics surgeons select patients for surgery and employ different surgical approaches tailored to each patient.
• Discuss the post operative management issues in the bariatric patient and keeping patients on track. How to manage weight regain after non surgical and surgical weight loss and when to refer for revision surgery.

Target audience: GPs, nurses and AHPs