SESSION VIII

NOVEL GASTROINTESTINAL INTERVENTIONAL THERAPIES
(11:00 AM – 12:15 pm)

Session Chair
Lee Kaplan (USA)

Program Committee
Manoel Galvao Neto (Brazil)
Jeffrey Milsom (USA)
Christopher Sorli (USA)

Objectives
• To discuss new GI based therapies for obesity and diabetes
• To discuss novel endoscopic approaches to GI surgery for obesity and diabetes

Keynote Lectures
• Endoluminal Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes- Lee Kaplan (USA)
• From Laparoscopic to Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery- Christopher Thompson (USA) (TBC)
• Gastric and Duodenal Electrical Stimulation for Type 2 Diabetes- Harold Lebovitz (USA)

Panel Discussion
Minimally Invasive Interventional Approaches for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities

Moderators
Lee Kaplan (USA)
Jeffrey Milsom (USA)

Panelists
Manoel Galvao Neto (Brazil)
Jan Greve (The Netherlands)
Samuel Klein (USA)
Jeffrey Mechanick (USA)
Scott Shikora (USA)
Christopher Sorli (USA)