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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
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Chandra Hassan
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Bariatric surgery: Challenges, barriers and future directions in the surgical
treatment of morbid obesity
B
ariatric surgery is the most effective long-term treatment
for morbid obesity. Despite this fact, currently, only
1% of individuals who are morbidly obese-that is, 1 in 100
people- undergo bariatric surgery. There are numerous
current challenges with the surgical treatment of morbid
obesity such as the low post-surgical follow-up rates with
only 30% of patients following-up after one year. There is
also significant weight regain or insufficient weight loss post-
bariatric surgery, which may be an additional reason for the
lack of post-surgical follow-up. In addition, there are several
novel procedures for the treatment of obesity which do not
necessarily lead to significant improvement in weight loss.
Most of all, surgical and medical approaches to obesity do
not typically address the underlying causes of obesity (e.g.,
unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, etc.). There are also
numerous barriers to the surgical treatment of obesity,
including the selection criteria, the costs associated with
bariatric surgery and the fact that certain ethnic minority
groups are not seeking bariatric surgery at the same rate
as other ethnic groups. The aim of this presentation is
threefold: First, to describe the current state of the bariatric
surgery care and outcomes; second, to describe the current
challenges and barriers to seeking pre- and post-bariatric
care and third to describe the process of the comprehensive
structuring of our pre- and post-surgical treatment of obesity
program in order to improve outcomes. The overall goal is to
issue a call to action to develop strategic plans to improve
post-surgical weight loss and medical and psychosocial
outcomes in order to enhance the overall management of
the surgical treatment of obesity.
Speaker Biography
Chandra Hassan has completed his MD degree and post-graduate work in Surgery from
Stanley Medical College, University of Madras, India. He has then received a Fellowship
from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has completed his Internship and
Residency at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center at Yeshiva University and Albert Einstein
School of Medicine, Bronx, NY and completed Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Danbury
Hospital at Yale University, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery and
the Director of Bariatric Surgery at both the University of Illinois at Chicago, Division
of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery and at Mount Sinai Hospital in
Chicago, Illinois. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-001