IFSO World Congress 2018

26 September - 29 September, 2018

ifso2018@mci-group.com

+97143116300

http://www.ifso2018.com/

Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE

Organized By:

MCI Middle East

+971 4 311 6300

dubai@mci-group.com

www.mci-group.ae

Office Suite # 902, Level 9, Dubai World Trade Center, P.O. Box 124752, Dubai, UAE

About IFSO World Congress 2018

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) is a federation composed of 63 official national associations of bariatric surgeons and individual members.

IFSO's Mission is to Unify the Global Scientific, Surgical and Integrated Health Communities, for the Purpose of Dissemination of Knowledge, Collaboration and Establishing Universal Standards of Care for the Treatment of Individuals with Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease.

The main goal of IFSO is the optimisation of the treatment of severely obese patients bringing together surgeons and allied health professionals. IFSO is committed to the creation of a global system for accreditation of bariatric centres and individual surgeons.

IFSO's main activity is the organization of the yearly World Congress, which provides a forum to exchange knowledge on surgical treatment of severely obese patients, to present new techniques, research and concepts, and to meet the experts in the field.

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Visitors Profile

• Pre-congress courses including the 6th International Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Video and operating sessions discussing technical aspects and management of complications
• Sessions about established operative, endoscopic as well as novel procedures for weight loss and type 2 diabetes
• Multidisciplinary symposia with physicians, psychologists, anaesthetists, plastic surgeons, dieticians and primary care doctors
• Symposia about special patient groups including adolescents and young adults, pregnant women who have had surgery and older patients
• Innovative sessions including the use of technology in obesity and bariatric surgery, medicolegal issues and the impact of bariatric tourism
• Networking lunches for Integrated Health Professionals, Young IFSO members and Women in Bariatric Surgery
• 'Meet the Expert' lunchtime sessions
• European, Latin American, Asia Pacific, North American and Pan-Arab Symposia
• Patient engagement session

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