- Overseas Faculty
- Local Faculty
- Pre-Congress Workshop
- Main Congress (12 Oct 18)
- Main Congress (13 Oct 2018)
Overseas Fauclty
Dr Arun Prasad
Head of Department of Surgery Manipal Hospital Dwarka New Delhi Senior Laparoscopic VATS and Robotic Surgeon Chief of Surgical Gastroenterology & Bariatric Surgery President of Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI) India |
Dr Praveen Raj
Lead Bariatric & Metabolic Surgeon Gem Obesity & Diabetes Surgery Centre President International Excellence Federation for Bariatric Surgery (India Chapter) Honorary Secretary Obesity Surgery Society of India Chair - Young-IFSO-APC India |
Professor Brian Oldfield
President Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity (AOASO) President Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Professor, Physiology Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Professor and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow Department of Physiology Monash University Australia |
Dr Rajat Goel
HOD Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery Primus Super Specialty Hospital India |
Assoc. Professor Dato' Dr Nik Ritza Kosai
Nik Mahmood President Malaysia Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Society Consultant Upper GI Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeon Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Malaysia |
Dr Reynu Rajan
General Surgeon Minimally Invasive Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery Unit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre The National University of Malaysia Malaysia |
Professor Francesco Rubino
Chair Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery King's College London Honorary Consultant King's College Hospital United Kingdom |
Dr Simon Wong
President Hong Kong Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Society Consultant Surgeon Upper Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Surgery Division Prince of Wales Hospital Honorary Clinical Associate Professor Department of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong |
Dr Gurvinder Singh Jammu
Director and Head Department of Surgery Jammu Hospital India |
Dr Sue Pedersen
Specialist Endocrinology & Metabolism Diplomate American Board of Obesity Medicine C-ENDO Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic Calgary, AB Canada |
Dr Huang Chih Kun
Founder Taiwan Obesity Support Association Founding Chairman International Excellence Federation (I.E.F) Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Superintendent Body-science & Metabolic disorders International(B.M.I) Centre China Medical University Hospital Taiwan |
Assoc Professor Suthep Udomsawaengsup
President Thai Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkom University Thailand |
Dr Kazunori Kasama
Director Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Centre Yotsuya Medical Cube Japan |
Dr Kim Yong Jin
Department of Surgery Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital Korea |
Dr Muffazal Lakdawala
President International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Asia Pacific Chapter Chairman Institute of Minimal Invasive Surgical Sciences and Research Centre Head Laparoscopic GI Oncology Salfee Hospital India |
Dr Park Young Suk
Department of Surgery Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea |
Local Faculty
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Dr Aaryan Koura Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Ms Hendy Cheng Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Mr Neo Kai Zhong Changi General Hospital |
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Mr Adrian Toh Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Mr Henry Lew Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Ng Chung Sien Changi General Hospital |
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Dr Alvin Eng Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Hwang In Yong Nanyang Technological University |
Dr Oh Jean Yin KK Women's and Children's Hospital |
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Dr Andrew Wong Changi General Hospital |
Ms Irene Chu Singapore General Hospital |
Ms Pamela Er Shu Yen National University Hospital |
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Dr Anna Fogel Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences |
Dr Jaideep Rao Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Ms Peh Hui Yee Singapore General Hospital |
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Dr Anton Cheng Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Dr Jean-Paul Kovalik Duke-NUS Medical School |
Ms Phoi Yan Yin Changi General Hospital |
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Dr Asim Shabbir National University Hospital |
Dr Jeremy Tan Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Rob van Dam Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore |
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Dr Aung Lwin Ng Teng Fong General Hospital |
Dr Joan Khoo Changi General Hospital |
Dr S.K. Abdul Shakoor Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
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Dr Aung Myint Oo Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Dr June Lee Changi General Hospital |
Ms Serene Wong Singapore General Hospital |
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Dr Benjamin Lam Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Dr Kan Yuk Man Farrer Park Hospital |
Dr Shanker Pasupathy Gleneagles Hospital |
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Dr Chan Weng Hoong Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Kaushal Sanghvi Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Dr Shigeki Sugii Duke-NUS Medical School |
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Dr Chong Khai Beng Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Dr Khoo Chin Meng National University Hospital |
Ms Sinatamby Lavanieswari National University Hospital |
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Ms Chow Pek Yee Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Dr Kim Guo Wei National University Hospital |
Dr Sonali Ganguly Singapore General Hospital |
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Dr Cindy Ng Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Lee Chung Horn Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Soon Yuen Ng Teng Fong General Hospital |
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Dr Danson Yeo Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Dr Lee Phong Ching Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Ngoi Sing Shang Farrer Park Hospital |
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Dr Daphne Gardner Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Lee Ying Shan Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Ms Swapna Tony Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
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Professor Davide Lomanto National University Hospital |
Assoc. Professor Lee Yung Seng National University Hospital |
Dr Tan Chun Hai Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
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Dr Deborah Ng Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Dr Lim Chin Hong Singapore General Hospital |
Dr Tan Ru San National Heart Centre Singapore |
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Dr Elaine Quah Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences |
Ms Ling Ping Sing Changi General Hospital |
Dr Tham Kwang Wei Singapore General Hospital |
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Dr Ester Yeoh Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Dr Low Wann Jia Changi General Hospital |
Dr Toh Bin Chet Sengkang General Hospital |
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Dr Eugene Lim Singapore General Hospital |
Ms Mabel Yum Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
Ms Vicky Chan Tin Ki Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
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Dr Foo Chek Siang Mount Elizabeth Hospital |
Assoc Professor Melvin Leow Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
Ms Yap Pey Jen Singapore General Hospital |
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Dr Ganesh Ramalingam Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital |
Dr Melvin Look Mount Elizabeth Hospital |
Dr Zee Yoong Kang Health Promotion Board |
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Dr George Goh Singapore General Hospital |
Pre-Congress Workshop with Live Surgery
Khoo Teck Puat Advanced Surgical Training Centre, NUH
Thursday, 11 October 2018
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | How to Choose the Right Procedure in Bariatric Surgery | Huang Chih Kun |
| 09:45 - 11:00 | Live Surgery I (Sleeve Gastrectomy) | Moderators: Aryan Koura Anton Cheng Nik Ritza Kosai Simon Wong |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Tea Break | |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Video Session I | Moderators: Alvin Eng Davide Lomanto Eugene Lim Shanker Pasupathy |
11:20 - 11:30 | Why I Choose to Oversew My Sleeve | Kaushal Sanghvi |
| 11:30 - 11:40 | Why I Choose to Band My Sleeve / Bypass | Muffazal Lakdawala |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Why I Choose to DJB My Sleeve | Kazunori Kasama |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Why I Choose to Fundoplicate my Sleeve | Reynu Rajan |
| 12:00 - 12:40 | Video Session II | Moderators: Ganesh Ramalingam GS Jammu Soon Yuen Tan Chun Hai |
12:00 - 12:10 | Why I Choose the Mini Gastric Bypass | GS Jammu |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Endoscopic Reversal of MGB | Lim Chin Hong |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Post Band Blues: What Can Happen | Aung Myint Oo |
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Conversion of Band to Sleeve / Bypass | Danson Yeo |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Live Surgery II (RYGB) | Moderators: Andrew Wong Chan Weng Hoong Jeremy Tan Kim Yong Jin |
| 14:30 - 15:10 | Video Session III | Moderators: Aung Lwin Melvin Look Tan Chun Hai Toh Bin Chet |
| 14:30 - 14:40 | GJ Pouch and Anastomosis: Does Size Matter | Tan Chun Hai |
| 14:40 - 14:50 | GJ Anastomosis - Circular Stapler Technique | Suthep Udomsawaengsup |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | Why I Choose Robotic RYGB | Arun Prasad |
| 15:00 - 15:10 | Tips & Tricks of Single Port Sleeve / Bypass | Praveen Raj |
| 15:10 - 15:40 | Tea Break Innovation in Anti-Obesity Pharmacotherapy |
Sue Pedersen |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Video Session IV | Moderators: Anton Cheng Arun Prasad Huang Chih Kun Foo Chek Siang |
| 15:40 - 15:50 | Tips & Tricks of Gastric Balloon Insertion | Simon Wong |
| 15:50 - 16:00 | Complication of Sleeve - Migration | Alvin Eng |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Complication of Sleeve - Leak Management | Kim Guo Wei |
| 16:10 - 16:20 | Complication of Bypass - Leak Management | June Lee |
Main Symposium
Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Grand Ballroom 3
Friday, 12 October 2018
| Time | Topic | Chairperson/ Speaker |
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| 07:45 - 08:15 | Registration | |
| 08:15 - 10:20 | Opening | Chairpersons: Asim Shabbir Brian Oldfield Tham Kwang Wei |
| 08:15 - 08:20 | Welcoming Address | Jaideep Rao |
| 08:20 - 08:50 | PLENARY 1: Metabolic Surgery Today: Time to Think Differently |
Francesco Rubino |
| 08:50 - 09:20 | PLENARY 2: Obesity Management: Call for ACTION |
Sue Pedersen |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Approach to Genetic Obesity | Lee Yung Seng |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Adipose Tissue: 50 Shades of Fat | Jean-Paul Kovalik |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Q&A Panel | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Morning Tea Break | |
| 10:40 - 11:35 | Panel Discussion: Weight Regain After Successful Weight Loss | Chairpersons: Arun Prasad Chow Pek Yee Kaushal Sanghvi Sonali Ganguly |
| 10:40 - 10:55 | Dietitian Perspective | Peh Hui Yee |
| 10:55 - 11:10 | Surgeon Perspective | Huang Chih Kun |
| 11:10 - 11:25 | Endocrine Perspective | Lee Phong Ching |
| 11:25 - 11:35 | Q&A Panel | |
| 11:35 - 12:20 | Best Dietary Approach for Obesity Management | Chairpersons: Deborah Ng Lee Ying Shan Reynu Rajan |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | Conventional Dietary Approaches | Phoi Yan Yin |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Novel Dietary Approaches | Hedy Cheng |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Q&A Panel | |
| 12:20 - 13:20 | Lunch | Chaiperson: Lee Chung Hom |
| 12:20 - 13:20 | Lunch Symposium Sponsored by Novo Nordisk A New Era in Obesity Pharmacotherapy |
Sue Pedersen |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Opening Ceremony | Chairpersons: Jaideep Rao Khoo Chin Meng Tham Kwang Wei |
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Welcome Address by Presidents, Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity (AOASO) | Brian Oldfield |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Speech by Guest-of-Honor | Zee Yoong Kang CEO Health Promotion Board |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | PLENARY 3: Modifying the Food Environment to Combat Obesity and Diabetes |
Salome Rebello |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Panel Discussion: Metabolic Control in Patients with Class 1 Obesity | Chairpersons: Anton Cheng Francesco Rubino Lee Phong Ching |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Surgeon Perspective | Muffazal Lakdawala |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Endocrine Perspective | Khoo Chin Meng |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Q&A Panel | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Afternoon Tea Break | |
| 15:30 - 17:10 | Current Hot Topics Debate | Chairpersons: Alvin Eng Aung Myint Oo Kazunori Kasama Mabel Yum |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | BMI as the Preop Criteria: Yes or No | Joan Khoo (Yes) vs Simon Wong (No) |
| 15:55 - 16:20 | Mandatory Preop Endoscopy: Yes or No | Praveen Raj (Yes) vs Suthep Udomsawaengsup (No) |
| 16:20 - 16:45 | Mandatory Preop Psychological Evaluation: Yes or No | Serene Wong (Yes) vs Adrian Toh (No) |
| 16:45 - 17:10 | Mandatory Preop Sleep Study Assessment: Yes or No | Chong Khai Beng (Yes) vs Nik Ritza Kosai (No) |
| End of Day 1 | ||
Medical and Allied Health Care Session
Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Mandarin Grand Ballroom 3
Saturday, 13 October 2018
| Time | Topic | Chairperson/ Speaker |
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| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration | |
| 08:30 - 10:05 | Session I | Chairpersons: Abdul Shakoor Benjamin Lam Melvin Leow |
| 08:30 - 08:50 | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The "ABCs" for the Non-Gastroenterologist | George Goh |
| 08:50 - 09:10 | Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Potential for Metabolic Therapeutics | Shigeki Sugii |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | Role of Microbiota in Obesity and Diabetes | Hwang In Young |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | Exercise Prescription in Obesity and Diabetes | Ng Chung Sien |
| 09:50 - 10:05 | Q&A Session | |
| 10:05 - 10:35 | Morning Tea Break | |
| 10:35 - 11:50 | Session II | Chairpersons: Ester Yeoh Loh Wann Jia Oh Jean Yin |
| 10:35 - 10:55 | Use of Technology in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus | Daphne Gardner |
| 10:55 - 11:15 | Child Eating Behaviours: Causes, Consequences and Opportunities | Anna Fogel |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs): Intake Profiles in Singaporean Children and Associations with Adiposity | Elaine Quah |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | Q&A Session | |
| 11:50 - 12:50 | Session III | Chairpersons: Ling Ping Sing Vicky Chan Tin Ki |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Meal Replacements: Useful Strategies in Weight Loss | Pamela Er Shu Yen |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Battle Between Exercising Couch Potatoes and Light Movers | Irene Chu |
| 12:20 - 12:35 | Use of Metabolic Markers for Personalized Dietary Management | Hedy Cheng |
| 12:35 - 12:50 | Q&A Session | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Chairperson: Tham Kwang Wei |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Lunch Symposium: The Heart of the Matter in Diabetes Management: Lessons from CVOTs |
Tan Ru San |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Session IV | Chairpersons: Adrian Toh Cindy Ng Neo Kai Zhong |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Disordered Eating in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery | Henry Lew |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Exercise for Bariatric Surgery - Is It Important? | Swapna Tony |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Nursing Care in Bariatric Surgery
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Yap Pey Jen Sinatamby Lavanieswari |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Q&A Session | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Closing | |
| End of Conference | ||
Bariatric Session
Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Mandarin Grand Ballroom 2
Saturday, 13 October 2018
| Time | Topic | Chairperson/ Speaker |
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| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration | |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Session I | Chairpersons: Aung Myint Oo Jeremy Tan Melvin Look |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | The ABCs of Oncometabolic Surgery | Park Young Suk |
| 08:45 - 10:45 | Debate: Star Wars - The Empires Strike Back | Chairpersons: Andrew Wong Lim Chin Hong Ngoi Sing Shang Rajat Goel |
| 08:45 - 10:05 | Sleeve Gastrectomy is the Best Procedure for Bariatric Patients with BMI >50 (Super Obese) | Muffazal Lakdawala (Yes) vs Praveen Raj (No) |
| 10:05 - 10:25 | MGB is the Best Procedure in Metabolic Surgery | Arun Prasad (Yes) vs Kim Yong Jin (No) |
| 10:25 - 10:45 | Do We Need Newer & Better Procedures in Bariatric Surgery | Huang Chih Kun (Yes) vs Asim Shabbir (No) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Morning Tea Break | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Bariatric at the Movies - Extreme Edition | Chairpersons: Asim Shabbir Kazunori Kasama |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
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Andrew Wong Muffazal Lakdawala Ngoi Sing Shang Park Young Suk Rajat Goel Reynu Rajan |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
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Aaryan Koura Anton Cheng Kan Yuk Man Nik Ritz Kosai Praveen Raj Simon Wong |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Bariatric at the Mocies - Extreme Edition Continued | Chairpersons: June Lee Suthep Udomsawaengsup |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | A New Hope | Alvin Eng Arun Prasad Huang Chih Kun Kim Yong Jin Tan Chun Hai |
| End of Conference | ||