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The Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons (CABPS) represents Canadian specialists interested in the treatment of obesity and severe obesity for the purposes of professional development and coordination and promotion of common goals.

Mark your Calendars!

First Annual Conference held in Conjunction with OBN & CMAS

OBESITY IN CANADA –
PREVENTION TO TREATMENT

JUNE 8 – 9, 2012
Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre
Mississauga, ON

For complete details, please visit the Conference website.

PRESS RELEASE: Toronto, ON - October 14, 2011

CABPS ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT

The Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons (CABPS) elected Dr. Mehran Anvari of Hamilton as its President on September 16, 2011. Dr. Anvari was previously the Association’s Vice President and Treasurer.

Dr. Anvari earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, in 1983, completed his residency in general surgery at McMaster University in Hamilton in 1989 and was awarded a PhD by the University of Adelaide, Australia in 1996. He holds a Fellowship in General Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (1989), the American College of Surgeons (1996) and the American Gastroenterological Association (2008), and is an Honourary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He has earned over 20 awards; most recently he was presented with the ORION Leadership Award by the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network and Innovator of the Year by McMaster. His achievements have also been recognized by the governments of Ontario and Canada.

Dr. Anvari is Professor of Surgery in McMasters’ Faculty of Health Sciences and a faculty member in that university’s Graduate Program in Medical Sciences. He is the Medical Director of the Bariatric Centre of Excellence at St. Joseph’s Hospital, which is the leading such centre in Ontario. He is the Chair and Clinical Lead of the Ontario Bariatric Network, editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgery, scientific director and CEO for the Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation, and the founding director of the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery. As a practicing surgeon, he personally performs close to 150 bariatric surgeries each year.

Dr. Anvari’s interest in minimally invasive surgery and robotics has resulted in inventions for which he has received seven patents or provisional patents. He is a leader in the fields of telementoring and telerobotic surgery, and numbers them among his extensive list of basic and clinical research interests. His interest in metabolic surgery dates back to his PhD thesis, and he has done considerable research on the impact of gastric surgery and hormonal control of GI and endocrine function. In 2006, he initiated research into the surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Dr. Anvari has been a member of the CABPS Board of Directors since 2006, and is succeeding Dr. Arya Sharma of the University of Alberta as CABPS President.

The following individuals were also elected to the CABPS Board of Directors:

Vice President:	David Lau, MD, FRCPC, Calgary, AB
Treasurer:	Simon Marceau, MD, FRCPC, Quebec, QC
Secretary:	Shahzeer Karmali, MD, FRCSC, Edmonton, AB

Members-at-Large:	Daniel Birch, MD, FRCPC, Edmonton, AB Robert Dent, MD, FRCSC, Ottawa, ON John Hagen, MD, FRCSC, Toronto, ON Dennis Hong, MD, FRCSC, Hamilton, ON Stephen Glazer, MD, FRCPC, Toronto, ON Maria Tibone, MD, FRCPC, Hamilton, ON

For further information, contact:
Ms. Melonie Hart, Director of Operations,
Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons,
Tel: 416-491-2886
Email: melonieh@taylorenterprises.com

CADTH publishes report on Bariatric Surgery for Severe Obesity: Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation

Recently, members of CABPS participated in the development of a report by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) on the clinical, economic and health system impacts of bariatric surgery as a treatment for severe obesity. A one page summary of the report, which has now been published by CADTH, is available by clicking here (PDF).

For complete information and the entire report, please visit the CADTH website.