International College of Surgeons
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Strategies to Decrease Esophageal Cancer Risk Following Sleeve Gastrectomy
Presented by Dr. Michel Gagner
Streaming live on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time
Moderated by Dr. Sharique Nazir
Panelists
Dr. George Ferzli
and
Dr. Lee Swanstrom
About our featured speaker...
Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS, FASSO, FICS
Chief of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center
Westmount, QC, Canada
In 1990, Dr. Gagner accepted his first teaching appointment at the Université de Montréal School of Medicine as an assistant professor of surgery (Hotel-Dieu de Montreal), during which time he introduced his skills in laparoscopic surgery. As a pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, the World's first laparoscopic removal of the adrenal glands, the liver, the bile duct and the pancreas removal by laparoscopic surgery, he eventually made his way to the U.S. to practice at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio where he co-founded the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. He pioneered the use of endoscopic surgery for parathyroid and thyroid tumours in humans. He then became the director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, chair of the laparoscopic division and also earned the title of Franz Sichel Professor of Surgery. There he pioneered telesurgery with Professor Marescaux and Leroy of Strasbourg, the first transatlantic robotic-assisted surgery, published in Nature in 2001. He then became head of the laparoscopic and bariatric surgery section at Cornell University’s Weill Medical College (New York City). Most recently serving as chief surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami and professor of surgery at Florida International University, Dr. Gagner is now working as chief of surgery at the Westmount Square Surgical Center, a private ambulatory surgical center specializing in bariatric surgery for weight loss and metabolic surgery for type-2 diabetes, and joint replacements. World-renowned for laparoscopic and bariatric surgery related to weight loss, the Clinic of Dr. Gagner, which is located in Montreal, specializes in the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy which he pioneered in 2000, as well as laparoscopic duodenal switch, which he first to perform in 1999, and various new innovative endoscopic treatments for obesity, type-2 diabetes, and gastro-intestinal tract disorders. The author and co-author of more than 500 publications and 15 books, including the latest on “Atlas of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery”, “2nd Edition of Endocrine Surgery”, “The Perfect Sleeve Gastrectomy” and “Magnetic Surgery”, Dr. Gagner is also a patentee in his field, especially on new methods to treat obesity and GI anastomosis. An elected fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada), the American Society for Surgical Oncology (FSSO) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), he is also an honorary member of the Academie Nationale de Chirurgie de France, the Association Francaise de Chirurgie, the Mexican Laparoscopic Surgery Society, the Colombian Surgical Society, the Brazilian Surgical College, the Peruvian Surgical Society and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery. Dr. Gagner received a 2017 City of Marseille, France, Medal, SAGES Pioneer in Surgical Endoscopy Award (2017), 21st Oliver H. Beahrs Professorship (Mayo Clinic 2016), Surgical Innovation award from the ASMBS (2016), a 2011 Excel Award by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, a 2010-2011 French National Assembly Award, IFSO pioneer award, and Medal of the City of Bordeaux, Nice and Sete, France. In 2018 he was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he co-founded GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc., a successful startup in Silicon Valley, dedicated to magnetic compression anastomosis. In 2021, he was made an honorary fellow of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons IAGES. In 2024, he received the George Berci Lifetime Award from SAGES, The Roswell Park Medal from the Buffalo Surgical Society and the Marie Lannelongue Medal from the Academie Nationale de Chirurgie (Paris).
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Our Moderator
Sharique Nazir, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FICS
Chief Bariatric/Robotic Surgery
Assistant Director Surgery
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
New York
Our Panelists
George S. Ferzli, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
Lee L. Swanstron, MD, FACS, FASGE, FRCSEng (Hon)
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Lee Swanström is an internationally known expert and innovator in minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy. He is Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University, is a former Director of the American Board of Surgery, is a Past President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and of the Fellowship Council (FC). In 2011, he became the Chief Innovations Officer of the Institutes des Hôpitaux Universitaires (IHU-Strasbourg) of the University of Strasbourg, France, director of the Innovations Fellowship program (I-SIP) and since 2017 also became the Scientific Director. He has been president of multiple surgical societies and foundations including FSIE. Professor Swanström’s clinical focus is on minimally invasive treatments of a variety of upper GI disorders, using laparoscopy and interventional flexible endoscopy. He has over 400 published peer review papers, 90 book chapters, is the editor of 5 surgical textbooks and is past editor of the journal Surgical Innovation. His research focus is foregut physiology, human factors, technology assessment and new procedure development.
