ASMBS New Initiatives

ASMBS What You Don’t Know

Clear committee goals and objectives are critical to realizing the ASMBS vision and mission and sustaining the organization

Strategic Plan in Action

Strategic Planning

Strategic Plan Implementation

Access to Care Bariatric Medicine Bariatric Training Clinical Issues Communications Emerging Technologies Ethics Finance Institutional Relations Insurance International Development

Membership Nominating Pediatric Surgery Program Professional Liability

Research State Chapters Strategic Planning Integrated Health

ASMBS Committees

Strategic Implementation

Refined short-term, mid-term and long-term plans1-year, 3-year, 5-year plans

Sharp focus on committee activities to attain the goals and objectives

Prioritize and implement

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Committees in Action

Professional Liability – R. Dallal Patient Safety Committee 4 Sample Consent Forms Clinical Advisory Program

Bariatric Training – S. Mattar Certificate of Acknowledgement of

Satisfactory Training in Bariatric Surgery

Updating the Essentials Exam

Emerging Technologies – B. Chand ASMBS/ASGE Task Force – White paper

supporting Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies (EBT) in the treatment algorithm for obesity.

Statement on Endoscopic Therapies for Revisions Nominating – S. Shikora

Reviewing the nominating process

Membership survey

Committees in Action

Program – M. Bessler Prof Education – N Nyugen Annual Meeting:

June 12-17 – Orlando Fall Event Obesity Week:

November 12-16, 2013- Atlanta

Committees in Action

International – R. Rosenthal Develop international relationships Latin American Course at Meeting International Awards

Clinical Issues – S. Brethauer Pre-Op Weight Loss Requirements Medical Tourism Gastric Plication OSA, BMI 30-35, Mini Gastric

Bypass, Revision

Committees in Action

Insurance – J. Ponce CPT Code Updates Frequently asked

questions Model Policy

Access to Care – J. Morton Toolkit/Rapid Response Works closely WDC Policy Professional State Chapters Committee Milliman Guidelines

Committees in Action

Pediatric Surgery - M. Michalsky 1st Symposium at Annual Meeting Guidelines for the bariatric surgical

care of adolescents Working with SRC to develop COE

standards

“It is of critical importance that each and every time the matter of bariatric surgery comes up we are there to present the evidence to be sure that to the extent possible decisions are made based on evidence rather than incorrect information.”

765 Million Media Impressions in the news

FDA – testified regarding LAGB in BMI 30-35

Institute Of Medicine

Bruce Wolfe, MDASMBS President

Thank you