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on 9/14/12 11:33 am - Irvine, CA
Topic: Meet Our Speakers: Ask The Experts!
                       Save the dates: October 5th and 6th!

Come to Atlanta, GA and ask our panel of experts the questions you want answers to!  If you are unable to atend the event, email your questions to:  [email protected] and we will ask the experts to answer your questions and then we will post them on the message boards after the OH event!

Click here to reserve your tickets today!  We hope to see you there!


Mixed Q & A Panel, 
Grads & Professionals

Friday  2:00pm - 4:30pm

Dr.  Paul E. Macik

Performing operations laparoscopically since 1991.  His practice offers Gastric Bypass, LapBand and Sleeve Gastrectomy options.  Also an Instructor for Quarterly In-Service Program of Bariatric Surgery at Emory Dunwoody Medical Center and Northside Hospital.

Jim Blackburn

Jim lost 215 pounds and found a love for running.  With 58,038 Race finishers at an avg time of 01:17:35, Jim finished the 2012 Peachtree Road Race (10k) in 1:07:57, a goal he's worked towards since having Gastric Bypass.

Dr.  Michael Williams 

Dr. Williams principal clinical and research interest include minimally invasive techniques, and the surgical therapy of morbid obesity.  He has been involved in training surgeons in laparocopic techniques in the United States and the Caribbean.  

Beth Sheldon-Badore

Blogger, & Founder of Bariatric Bad Girls. "Melting Mama" as she's known through her blog has been blogging about life since her WLS in 2004.  Her witty, honest approach to life after WLS has inspired and supported thousands.

Dr. Sheldon Lincenberg

Double-board certified, plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a board-certified general surgeon.  In 1995, he created and began sponsoring Pink Ribbons, an annual October event during Breast Cancer Month to benefit breast cancer organizations.

 Courtney aka tripmom02

An active OH member for 5 years and a frequent poster on the VSG forum! She's bringing her post-op experience as a Lap Band to VSG Revision. Courtney has lost 170 lbs and is training for her 1st half marathon in October. Her goal is to complete an Iron Man in 2014!



Professional Q & A Panel

Saturday  10:30am - 11:55am

Scott Steinberg, MD

Fellow-ship trained advanced laparoscopic surgeon. A member of the American College of Surgeons and the ASMBS. 

Qammar Rashid, MD

Fellow-ship trained in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery.  A large part of her practice is breast and bariatric surgery.    

Dr. Dennis C. Smith  

The 3rd surgeon in the world to perform the totally laparoscopic DS and the 1st bariatric surgeon in the world to present the Hand-Sewn Duedenal-Ileal Anastomosis technique. 

Connie Stapleton, Ph.D

Dr. Stapleton is a licensed clinical psychologist, received her doctorol degree from Texas A&M University in Counseling Psychology.  

Donna DeMild, LPBLC

Post-Op and CEO of BodySmart, LLC. Donna works at NJ Bariatrics and is a licensed bariatric life coach. Her focus is lifestyle change after wls.   

Jeremy Gentles

A Ph.D Candidate in Sport Science at East Tennessee State University and for a number of years, served as ObesityHelp's Exercise Physiologist. 


Ayorama
on 9/14/12 10:39 am - Surrey, Canada
Topic: RE: Got My Date!!!
wow! Awesome!!!! congrats!! let us know how it goes!
Ayorama
on 9/14/12 10:38 am - Surrey, Canada
Topic: Dr Amson and funding
Dr Amson is meeting with the ministry to try and get more funding for bariatric surgery on October 5.  I"m thinking it might be a good idea to write to someone to help get the funding to shorten the 4 year wait list.... but I'm not sure where to go for statistics.  IE:  What am i likely to cost the system in the years to come because of weight related problems down the road...
any suggestions on how to write a letter like this would be greatly apprecaited!
Shravan Panyam
on 9/13/12 12:37 pm - Irvine, CA
Topic: Announcing Forum Upgrades!

Its been over six years since we've launched our forums. During this time it has seen thousands of fresh faces, greetings, meetings, partings, arguments, kind words, life transformations, cathartic rants, and simply happy time pass. It has been with us throughout this time, silently observing and facilitating. But like any wise old man, its bones were getting old. Its joints were aching, and it has been needing a new jolt of energy.

A Mobile World
Did you know that over 30% of you visit our website using a mobile device? For those who do visit us via mobile, we owe you a sincere apology, because our forums have been horrendous on a mobile browser. But the big news is that things are about to change! Our new forums are completely mobile friendly and compatible with iPhone, Android, and pretty much any other modern smart phone.

Each post, topic, and forum shows up beautifully, with the full set of features, and in nice large font. See the screenshots for yourself.

You dont have do anything different, just browse to the forums like you normally would. This means that you can finally put these away:



Not Just for Mobile
The interface on your desktop browser has also been cleaned up a great deal. There is now less clutter on the page, and the overall experience is a lot cleaner. Check out some more screenshots here!



You will notice that each post no longer has 400 buttons below it. Only the buttons that are relevant to each post show up, making your screen space a lot less cluttered. Also, when you reply to another person's post, the entire post is indented inside, making it a lot easier to figure out who has replied to whom.

Launching soon! Maybe as early as next week! Maybe.
And do remember that this is not in any way a be-all-end-all when it comes to the forums. We are in the process of constantly learning and improving upon what we have, and this is just one step along the way.

Stay tuned for the changes! We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

ObesityHelp Developer

Momx4kids
on 9/11/12 12:30 am - Abbotsford, Canada
Topic: RE: No primary doc...
I have always delt with my walk in clinic near my house as my 'family doctor', I got all my referral and tests done through them.
Rhonda


    
Momx4kids
on 9/11/12 12:26 am - Abbotsford, Canada
Topic: RE: Asked for referral.. now what?
After you are referred, Dr. Nguyen's office will call you, but sometimes I know my doctors office was told about the appointment just before I was called, or my doctors office would call me and tell me when the appointment was going to be and sometimes,at least for me, I was notified through my doctors office about tests the surgeon wanted me to do.
Rhonda
    
Momx4kids
on 9/11/12 12:14 am - Abbotsford, Canada
Topic: RE: Dr Tang
I started my journey with Tang in 2008 and had my surgery last May, he is really good (surgery and recovery was fantastic), just found no support after surgery. I found I had to keep calling MJ and check where I was sitting on the list. I don't know if it was because I kept calling them, but I seemed to jump the list (Dec 2010 they said there was about 12 people infront of me,had an appointment with Tang in Feb. and was told not to expect a date till after summer, but I was phoned in March/April 2011 to give me a date for May.)
Rhonda
    
Momx4kids
on 9/11/12 12:02 am - Abbotsford, Canada
Topic: RE: Got My Date!!!
Great news!!
    
jacjoy
on 9/9/12 8:50 pm - Winnipeg, Canada
Topic: RE: surgeons for person with high bmi ?
Thanks for the tip, I will definitely look into that centre !

Thanks jacqueline

sexy_me
on 9/8/12 9:19 pm
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