SESSION IX (IDSTF-SPONSORED)

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIABETES SURGERY: THE ROME CONSENSUS CONFERENCE
(1:15 – 2:45 pm)

Session Chair
Francesco Rubino (USA)

Program Committee
David Cummings (USA)
Lee Kaplan (USA)
Philip Schauer (USA)

Objectives
• To present the current U.S. National Institutes of Health guidelines for bariatric surgery and discuss whether or not they are applicable to patients with Type 2 diabetes
• To present and discuss the Rome Consensus Conference (Diabetes Surgery Summit) Methods and Position Statement
• To present the International Diabetes Surgery Task Force (IDSTF) members and goals
• To promote consensus recommendations aimed at improving standards of clinical and basic research in diabetes surgery

Keynote Lectures
• The NIH Guidelines for Bariatric Surgery: Merits and Limitations- Lee Kaplan (USA)
• The Rome Diabetes Surgery Summit- David Cummings (USA)

Panel Discussion
Setting Safe Standards for Clinical Practice and Recommendations for Future Research

Moderators
Francesco Rubino (USA)
Philip Schauer (USA)

Panelists
ADA- Sue Kirkman
AACE- Jeffrey Mechanick
ASMBS- Scott Shikora
Diabetes-UK- George Alberti
IFSO- Rafael Alvarez-Cordero
WHO- Gojka Roglic
EASD- (TBC)