First International Obesity Society (IOS) IBC-University of Oxford Symposium 1

First International Obesity Society (IOS) IBC-University of Oxford Symposium 1

Monday, September 8, 2025

14:00-16:00

Chair:Dr Wah Yang (The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China)

Moderators:

Mr Michael Van den Bossche (Spire Southampton Hospital, UK)

Mr Bruno Sgromo (University of Oxford & Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, UK)

1400-1410: Common Mistakes Interpreting Statistics in Patient Care - a Statistician's Perspective

Prof James Scott Parrott (Rutgers Health, New Jersey, USA)

1415-1425: Bariatric Surgery or Medicine in Asian patients with BMI<35kg/m2 - food for thought?

Dr Tamara Worlton (Meritus Surgical Specialists, Maryland, USA)

1430-1440: Technological Visual Innovations to Facilitate Single Port Sleeve Gastrectomy - from the EndoEye to Single Port Robotic Platforms

Prof Yan Gu (Huadong Hospital & Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

1445-1455: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Cirrhosis: The next generation of haemostatic agents - hype or help?

Dr Ahmad Tarmizi Mohammad (Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

1500-1510: The Pervasive Practice of Re-use of Single Use Laparoscopic Staplers - Compromising quality & ethics

Dr Vitish Singla (Fortis Hospital Mohali, India)

1515-1525: Single Port Bariatric Surgery is Dead or an Imminent Rebirth in the Robotic Revolution?

Dr. Zefeng Xia (Wuhan Union Hospital & Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China)

1530-1540: Endoscopic Follow-up post-OAGB - evidence based or evidence biased?

Dr Emilio Manno (AORN A. Cardarelli, Naples, Italy)

1545-1555: A Comprehensive Management Strategy for Obesity & Metabolic Diseases in the 22nd Century

Prof Yi Chen (West China Hospital & Sichuan University, Chengdu, China)

1600-1630 COFFEE (North Writing Hall and Rooms 7,8,9)