ASOCIATIA ROMANA PENTRU CHIRURGIE ENDOSCOPICA si ALTE TEHNICI INTERVENTIONALE
(ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES)
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FUNDATIA DE CHIRURGIE LAPAROSCOPICA SI TORACOSCOPICA (www.fclt.ro)
ASOCIATIA ROMANA DE CHIRURGIE BARIATRICA SI TRATAMENT COMPLEX AL OBEZITATII
ASOCIATIA PENTRU SPRIJINIREA PACIENTILOR CU OBEZITATE (ASPO)December 11th , 2010
RIN GRAND HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER,
Bucharest, ROMANIATHE SECOND NATIONAL SYMPOSION OF BARIATRIC SURGERY
“SURGERY OF OBESITY IN ROMANIA – PRESENT AND FUTURE”Symposium Director:  Catalin Copaescu, MD
Symposium Co-Director: Nicolae Iordache MDFaculty:
Mircea Beuran,MD (Bucharest, RO) Cristian Boru, MD  (Bucharest, RO), Catalin Copaescu, MD
(Bucharest,RO),  Marius Coros, MD (Targu Mures, RO), Ciprian Duta, MD (Timisoara, RO),  Simona
Fica, MD (Bucharest,RO), Florinela Galea, MD, (Cluj Napoca, RO), Romeo Galea MD, (Cluj Napoca,
RO), Daniela Godoroja, MD (Bucharest, RO), Nicolae  Iordache, MD (Bucharest, RO), Manoel Galvao
Neto (Sao Paolo , Brasil), Cosmin Puia, MD (Cluj Napoca, RO), Victor Tomulescu, MD (Bucharest, RO),
Florin Marian Turcu, MD (Bucharest, RO), Ramon Vilalonga Puy, MD (Barcelona, Spain).8.00-09.00  Registering to the Symposion
Breakfast
09.00-09.25  Welcome.Opening Ceremony
Mircea Beuran, MD – President of RAES
Nicolae Iordache, MD – President of ARCBTCO
Catalin Copaescu , MD – Director of Symposion
Opening Lecture
09.25-09.45  14 years of vertical gastroplasty for morbid obesity – Romeo Florin Galea, Cluj Napoca , Romania
09.45-10.00  Genetics of Obesity )  Anca Sarbu, Bucharest, RO
10.00-10.15  Metabolic Surgery present and future) C.Copaescu, Bucharest , Romania
10.15-10.30  Comorbidities’ evolution and nutritional management in postoperative
bariatric patients Florinela Catoi Galea, Cluj Napoca, Romania
10.30-10.50  Peroperative Management of the Morbidly Obese Patient – Daniela Godoroja, Bucharest, Romania
10.50-11.00  Discussions11.00 -11.20  Coffee break11.20 -11.40  Gastric Banding in the Era of Sleeves and Bypasses – N.Iordache, Bucharest, Romania
11.40-13.00  Demonstratii operatorii (live/prerecorded)-
1. Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Resection C.Copaescu, Bucharest , Romania
2.Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication – Ciprian Duta, Timisoara, Romania13.00–14.00  Lunch Break . Visit of the Exposition Area14.00–14.20  Our Experience in Laparoscopic Sleeve Resections – M Coros, Tg.Mures, Romania
14.20–14.40  Management of bariatric complications – our experience C Puia, V Puia, R Futo – C.Puia, Cluj Napoca, Romania
14.40–15.00  Gastric leak management: conservative or surgical? –  C Boru, Bucharest, Romania
15.00-15.20  Unexpected complications after Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve – FM Turcu, C.Copaescu, Bucharest, Romania
15.20-15.40  Cases of Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve with Complicated Evolution – C.Copaescu, Bucharest, Romania
15.40–16.00  Discussions

16.00-16.10  Coffee break

16.10-16.30  Robotic Surgery for Morbid Obesity –  Ramon Vilalonga Puy , Barcelona, Spain
16.30 – 17.00  Endoscopic Management of Complications after Laparoscopic Sleeve Resections – Manoel Galvao Neto, Sao Paolo, Brasil – Live Video Conference from GastroObeso Center , Sao Paolo,Brasil
17.00-17.20  Greater Curvature Plication – Laparoscopic Tehnique N.Iordache, Bucharest, Romania
17.20-17.40  Greater Curvature Plication – Results – C.Copaescu, Bucharest , Romania
17.10-17.30  Discussions )
18.00  Closing Simposium