The Comprehensive Approach to Bariatric Surgery and the Obesity Epidemic
Join us as we delve into an enlightening conversation with Dr. Anthony Gonzalez, the esteemed Chief of Surgery at Baptist Hospital and Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at South Miami Hospital. With a remarkable career spanning general and bariatric surgery, Dr. Gonzalez offers a deep insight into the evolution of surgical techniques, and the holistic approach required for better patient outcomes.
Key Discussion Points:
- Obesity Epidemic and Contributing Factors: Examination reveals various causes like lifestyle, diet, socioeconomics, and environment, advocating for a comprehensive approach.
- Patient Journey and Preparation: Patients undergo years of consideration, seminars, and rigorous prep, emphasizing the importance of preoperative measures for better outcomes.
- Insurance Challenges: Variability in coverage and financial hurdles often deter surgery, reflecting insurers' short-term focus over long-term savings.
- Patient Outcomes and Surgical Procedures: Modern techniques like sleeve gastrectomy show lower failure rates, considering factors such as BMI and comorbidities in procedure choice.
- Mental Health and Behavioral Support: Mental evaluations pre/post-surgery are vital, while family support ensures compliance and success.
Host
Rob Johnston, PhD
Chief Scientist, Johnston Analytics
Houston, TX
Guest
Anthony Gonzalez, MD
Baptist Health Medical Group
Miami, FL
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Useful resources
ASMBS
The Obesity Society
American College of Surgeons
Obesity Medicine Association
American Board of Obesity Medicine
About Rob Johnston
Dr. Rob Johnston is a computational social scientist and applied ethnographer specializing in technology and political-national security. Rob is the Chief Scientist at Johnston Analytics, Inc., a data science, machine learning, and national security consultancy. He is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the School for Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. Rob is also a Research Scholar at the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (a National Security Agency partner Laboratory) at North Carolina State University focused on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Social Science.
Prior to this Rob was the Deputy Chief of Globalization and Workforce Modernization at the Central Intelligence Agency supervising over hundreds of staff and contractors, he served as Program Manager for Business and Workforce Modernization, he was the founder and first Chief of the Lessons Learned Program at CIA, was the Director of the Lessons Learned Program at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and was a research scientist in the Center for the Study of Intelligence and the Office of the Chief Scientist at CIA.
Rob is a former Associate of the National Intelligence Council for both Warning and Transnational Threats. He served as a team lead and member of several global crisis task forces that monitored, prepared, and responded to emerging threats, forced migration, ethnic violence, and political crises. Rob is a former Visiting Scholar at the Sherman Kent Center, a CIA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the author of “Analytic Culture in the US Intelligence Community: An Ethnographic Study” published by CIA and producer of the award-winning Intelligence Community 2011 Best Documentary “Extraordinary Fidelity.”
Rob was a research analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses where he conducted research for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community. He has worked on science and technology policy with the JASONS, the Intelligence Science Board, and the Defense Science Board. Rob served at NASA during graduate school where he conducted research for the Virtual Environment Research Institute at the Johnson Space Center to support the Space Flight Training Division for manned missions: STS-82 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing, STS-88 International Space Station Assembly, STS-96 International Space Station Supply, and STS-103 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing.
Rob is a former Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, the Society for Applied Anthropology, and the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. He has been a Lecturer at Yale University, an adjunct instructor at the University of California San Francisco, and the Baylor College of Medicine. Rob has conducted fieldwork in North and Central America, China, Europe, Eurasia, the Caucasus, East and South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has published over 50 articles, book chapters, and books, and has been a guest speaker at over 200 national and international conferences and events.
About Dr. Gonzalez
Anthony Gonzalez, M.D., FACS, FASMBS, is chief of surgery at Baptist Hospital of Miami and medical director of bariatric surgery at South Miami Hospital. He is also a member of Baptist Health Medical Group, an organization of more than 180 physicians in multiple specialties closely aligned with Baptist Health South Florida. Dr. Gonzalez is a general surgeon with a specialty in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. He has presented at national and international medical conferences on bariatric, abdominal, colon and robotic surgery.
Dr. Gonzalez is founding program director of Baptist Health's MIS/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship. He has published in medical journals, including the official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Hernia and the Journal of Obesity Surgery. Dr. Gonzalez is a senior member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Gonzalez is a graduate of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is an associate professor of surgery at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and a voluntary assistant professor of surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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Release Date: 5/8/24
Expiration Date: 5/8/27
Target Audience
This activity is designed for internal medicine physicians and supporting staff who treat patients with obesity and associated co-morbid conditions.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, learners should be able to:
- Recognize patient risk factors for negative outcomes associated with obesity
- Identify treatment options for obesity, including but not limited to medications, dietary changes, exercise and surgery
- Describe the team approach to managing patients with obesity
- Discuss dietary and exercise changes that can be beneficial to patients with obesity
- Identify indications and contraindications for bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity
Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies:
Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Employ evidence-based practice, Value & Ethics, Team & Teamwork, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Interprofessional Communication.
Non-Endorsement
The accredited provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The accredited provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.
Disclosures
The accredited provider adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education.
Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations. - All employees in control of content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Anthony Gonzalez, MD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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Physicians
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American Board of Surgery (ABS) Reporting: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Claimed credits will be reported to the ABS one-time, in December of the calendar year.
Support
This activity is being supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic.
