About IFSO 22nd World Congress

Reasons To Attend IFSO 2017:

Pre-congress courses including the 6th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy
Video and operating sessions discussing technical aspects and management of complications
Sessions about established operative, endoscopic as well as novel procedures for weight loss and type 2 diabetes
Multidisciplinary symposia with physicians, psychologists, anaesthetists, plastic surgeons, dieticians and primary care doctors
Symposia about special patient groups including adolescents and young adults, pregnant women who have had surgery and older patients
Innovative sessions including the use of technology in obesity and bariatric surgery, medicolegal issues and the impact of bariatric tourism
‘The Dragon’s Den in the Shark Tank at IFSO’ – participants will be able to pitch their ideas for randomized controlled trials to a panel of experts
Networking lunches for Integrated Health Professionals, Young IFSO members and Women in Bariatric Surgery

‘Meet the Expert’ lunchtime sessions
European, Latin American, Asia Pacific, North American and Pan-Arab Symposia
Patient engagement session