Seattle Bash and Conference-Next week

dinner.

Place: Varsity Grill, 1114 Broadway, Tacoma-

1/2 block north of the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel.

Phone number: 253-627-1229

8:00-10:00 A special event, in the Sheraton Ballroom, “Talking with the Surgeons”.

Includes a non-hosted cocktail party.

Saturday:

7:30-8:00 REGISTRATION

7:50-8:00 CONFERENCE BEGINS / ANN0UNCEMENTS

8:00 SPEAKER: Don Mills - Marketing Representative Allergan Corporation, formerly Inamed Corporation. Our inside man at Inamed-Allergan Corporation, Updates Us On New Lap Band Information.

8:30 OPENING SPEAKER: Joanne Godmintz

9:00 The morning starts with a motivational seminar titled: “Hold on to your band, you are in for the ride of your life”, led by noted psychotherapist Louise Pietrafesa, MSW and Randy Brandies, MSW. Ms. Pietrafesa is a graduate of University of California at Berkeley, with a Masters Degree in Social Work. Besides having a busy therapeutic practice in Seattle, WA, Ms. Pietrafesa is a consultant to Northwest and Clinical Nutrition Center, Joslin Institute of Diabetes at Swedish Hospital and the Novartis Nutrition Corporation.

Randy Brandies is a graduate of University of Chicago, where he received his Masters Degree in Social Work. He is a cognitive behavior therapist and practices in Seattle, WA.

10:30-10:50 BREAK – Meet with Vendors

10:50-12:00 MOTIVATIONAL SEMINAR CONTINUES

12:00-1:00 CATERED lunch

1:00 LAP BAND SURGEON SPEAKERS SESSIONS BEGIN:

SPEAKER: Roberto Rumbaut, M.D.

Medical School: Escuela de Medicina, Ignacio Santos, ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico

in General Surgery Residency at San Jose Hospital ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico

Graduate of Board Certified- General Surgery, Mexico

Professor of Surgery: University of Monterey-ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico

Past President of the Mexican Obesity Surgery Society 2003-2004

Member of the Medical Advisory Committee for Bioenterics Lap-Band System

Member: ASBS Topic: Living With The Lap Band

SPEAKER: William D. Neal, M.D., FACS

Medical School: University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, OR

Surgical Residency: Keesler Medical Center, Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS

Fellow American College of Surgeons

Member: Regular Member, ASBS

Staff Surgeon: St. Peter's Providence Hospital, Olympia, WA

Chief of Surgery, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, WA

Topic: Coencentric Dilatation and Slippage

SPEAKER: Dr. Pedro Kuri, M.D.

Medical School: National University of Mexico, Mexico City

General Surgical Residency: National University of Mexico, Mexico City

Board Certified-General Surgery, Mexico

Past Senior Professor at University of Baja California Medical School

Member of the Mexican Medical Society of Obesity Surgery

Member: ASBS Topic: Lap Bands

SPEAKER: Dr. Barry Fisher, M.D., FACS

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Clinical Research Professor in the Department of Surgery at University

of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada

Fellow American College of Surgeons

Member: ASBS Topic: Motivation for Success

SPEAKER: Dr. Ariel Ortiz, M.D., FACS

Medical School: University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico

Residency in General Surgery: Centro Medico Nacional del Noroeste,

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico

Board Certified-General Surgery, Mexico

Professor of Surgery and Clinical Medicine, University of Baja California, Tijuana

Member: ASBS Topic: Are you failing the band, or is the band failing you?

2:40-3:00 BREAK

3:00-4:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

4:00-5:00 BREAK-OUT SESSION

SPEAKER: Mary Costa R.N., CDE, Diabetic Nurse Manager, Kaiser Permanente,

Antioch, California Topic: Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Weight loss is one

step; are you at risk? Additional steps to prevent heart attack and stroke

SPEAKER: Dr. Leo Petersen, M.D., Practices with Dr. Pedro Kuri in Tijuana, Mexico

Topic: Insulin Resistance

SPEAKER: Terry Simpson, M.D., FACS

Lap Band Surgeon, Phoenix, Arizona, Author of several books on weight loss including

“Losing The Last 30 lbs” and “Fundamentals of Weight Loss”. Topic: How to get to

your goal

SPEAKER: Dr. Martinez, M.D., Practices with Dr. Ortiz. Topic: Diagnosing Using Fluoroscopy

5:30-6:00 CLOTHING EXCHANGE

7:00 CATERED DINNER

Followed by an evening of lively entertainment including:

Fashion Show,

Jamie's “Famous Slide Show”, bandsters pictures Before and After.

Raffle and Bandster Auction. (Save your dollars—something Extra

Special is being Auctioned off--it's a secret.)

Fun continues with entertainment by the Vancouver-Portland Bandster

Group, "The Van Ports" with 80's Disco-Dancing – Dance the Night Away!

Prizes Galore!!!!

Sunday:

8:30-12:30 PLASTIC SURGERY FORUM

Speakers will include a variety of different plastic surgeons, nurses and patients.

Cathy Ross, CRT, Bandster, Patient/Nurse, Kirkland, WA Topic: What you want

to know before Plastic Surgery

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Gavin Dry M.D., FACS, Plastic Surgeon, Kirkland, WA, Medical School: Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, Gen. Surgery Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, Plastic Surgery Residency U of W Board Certified in Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery-US, Topic: Plastic Surgery following Weight Loss

Lisa B. Stubenrauch RN BSN CDONA/LTC NHA Bandster /Patient/Nurse /Seattle, WA Topic: Total Body Lift- A Top to Bottom Reconstructive Overhaul, From the Patient's Perspective

Dr. Alejandro Quiroz, Plastic Surgeon, Tijuana, Mexico

Medical School-Universidad La Salle in Mexico City Medicine.

Residency: General Surgery National University of Mexico Fellowship specializing

in a Plastic Surgery at the National University of Mexico and University of California, Irvine. Board Certification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mexico

Topic: Total Body Lift