Associate Professor Charles Pilgrim - Wednesday, 22 June

 Associate Professor Charles Pilgrim, general surgeon, hepatobiliary/pancreatic surgeon, upper gastrointestinal surgeon

Bariatric surgery; who, what and why?

Learning outcomes:

1. Discuss who is appropriate for consideration of bariatric surgery
2. Outline the fundamental details of the bariatric surgical procedures
3. Describe the natural history of obesity and its health related conditions such as metabolic syndrome.

Short bio

A/Prof Charles Pilgrim is an upper GI surgeon offering specialist surgery for gallstones, cancer and other disorders of the pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts (HPB surgery). He also performs key-hole surgery (robotic and laparoscopic surgery) for many upper gastrointestinal disorders, including weight loss surgery as well as open and robotic hernia surgery.

Charles is also a military and trauma surgeon with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. He is a member of the Australian New Zealand HPB Association, ANZ Gastro-Oesophageal Surgery Association, ANZ Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society, the American HPB Association, the International HPB Association, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group. Associate Professor Charles Pilgrim is also an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Monash University.

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