Welcome to the First International Workshop on Animal Models of Weight Loss Surgery:

"The Physiology of Weight Loss Surgery: Lessons from Animal Models"

Wednesday - Friday
October 18 - 20, 2006

A multi-day scientific workshop, assembling international leaders in the field of obesity medicine and weight loss surgery.

This October’s symposium will be a collegial, discussion-oriented workshop covering the latest advances and trends in obesity medicine and weight loss surgery, including:

• Weight Loss Surgery: Procedures and Predictors of Clinical Outcome
• Animal Models Overview: Technical Considerations
• Gastrointestinal Regulation of Energy Homeostasis
• Novel Devices and Endoscopic Analogues of Weight Loss Surgery
• Mechanisms of Weight Loss Surgery: GI Perspectives
• Mechanisms of Weight Loss Surgery: CNS Perspectives
• Effects of Surgery on Obesity Comorbidities
• Endocrine and Metabolic Effects of Surgery
• Live demonstrations of the most common animal surgical models

Hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and The Boston Obesity and Nutrition Research Center