DIDACTIC PORTION 

Location: Coastal Convention Center - 4th Floor Pearl Ballroom

Moderators: P. Jirapinyo, M. Galvao Neto, N. Zundel

7:00 Registration and Breakfast

8:00 Welcoming Remarks/Introduction - Christopher C. Thompson

8:15-10:00am - Session  1

• Intragastric Balloons - Shelby Sullivan 

• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty - Reem Sharaiha

• Endoscopic Gastric Plication - Roman Turro

• Fractyl Small Bowel and Gene Therapy: From Bench to Bedside - Harith Rajagopalan

• Bariatric Surgical Leak Management: EVT and beyond - Diogo Moura

10:00 - 10:15am Q&A/Coffee Break

10:15-12:00pm - Session 2

• Recurrent Weight Gain after Bariatric Surgery - Pichamol Jirapinyo

• Pharmacotherapy - Violeta Popov

• Emerging Bariatric Surgeries - Natan Zundel

• Emerging Bariatric and Metabolic Technologies - Manoel Galvao Neto

• ERCP in Altered Anatomy - Allison Schulman

11:45 Panel Q&A

12:00pm Lunch

Lunch – industry symposium:
Innovation to Access: FDA Clearance/Authorization, Reimbursement, and the Future of Bariatric Endoscopy
Perspectives from Industry Leaders on Evidence, Strategy, and Scaling Access

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Moderator: P. Jirapinyo

Panelists:

Brian Dunkin (CMO; Boston Scientific)

Harith Rajagopalan (CEO; Fractyl)

Mike Gutteridge (CEO; Morphic Medical)

Alexandre Chau (CEO; EndoTools)

Agenda: 

How We Achieved Coverage: Lessons from the First Commercial Success in Bariatric Endoscopy (15 mins)

Speaker: Brian Dunkin

Open Discussion (45 mins)

Speakers: All 4 panelists

Section 1: FDA Pathway

Section 2: Coverage + Reimbursement

Section 3: Scaling + Future (especially in the GLP1 era)

7:00pm - WELCOME RECEPTION - SEA GREEN LAWN

hands-on session

Pearl BALLROOM - COASTAL CONVENTION CENTER

1:15-6:00pm