2023 – EMBMI / ASO Midland Network meeting
Free to all professionals and academics involved in obesity.
The symposium has a number of nationally renowned speakers whose talks will cover the latest research into obesity, obesity management, referral pathways and the risk/benefits of treatment. The symposium is a great networking event for all health professionals with an interest in Obesity that work in the Midlands.
CPD certificate of attendance will be provided.
Programme
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration & refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors |
| 09:30 – 11:15 | Session 1: Tier 3 the regional picture (what’s in the black box) Chair: Dr David Hughes, ASO Midlands Network Lead |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Introduction to 7th Midlands Obesity Symposium 2023 Speaker: Dr David Hughes, ASO Midlands Network Lead |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Title: Worcester: Speaker: Penny Lock-Pullan |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Title: Birmingham Community Healthcare Speaker: Eleanor McGee, Birmingham Community Healthcare |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Title: Coventry Speaker: Sally Abbott and Dr Tom Barber, UHCW |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Title: Derby Speaker: Dr David Hughes, Derby |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Discussion |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors |
| 11:40 – 12:45 | Session 2: Consequences, Cost and Care Chair: Dr Jonathan Hazlehurst, UHB |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Title: BMI cut offs for obesity treatment should be adjusted dependent on ethnicity: speaker not confirmed Speaker: Tom Barber |
| 12:10 – 12:40 | Title: Saxenda in Obesity Services (STRIVE Study) Speaker: Dimitrios Papamargaritis and David Webb, Leicester |
| 12:40 – 13:40 | Lunch with opportunity to meet sponsors |
| 13:40 – 15:25 | Session 3 Chair: Wasim Hanif |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Title: VLCD embedded within a large Tier 3 Speaker: Neil Harmitt |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Title: How Psychology fits into Weight Management Services MDT Speaker: Dr Emma Shuttlewood |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Title: VLCD vs Semaglutide Speaker: Oluwaseun Anyiam RCP Obesity Fellow |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Title: OAGB: who, why, how Speaker: Ms Jennifer Darrien; Bariatric Surgeon; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors |
| 15:45 – 16:40 | Session 4 – Annual Debate Chair: TBC |
| 15:45 – 16:40 |
Annual Debate: Revisional surgery should be first line in the treatment of patients with inadequate response to primary surgery
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| 16:40 | Closing Remarks Speaker: TBC |
