Ethicon
Professional Education
Program Guide
Bariatric Surgery
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Designed for a variety of
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Ethicon
Professional Education
Program Guide
Ethicon offers a wide range of professional education experiences
with top-tier faculty around the country. This Guide provides
brief descriptions of these robust offerings to help connect
surgeons and other healthcare providers with their next
professional development opportunity. In addition to national
opportunities, programs can be tailored for your area—
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Faculty, dates, locations and topics are subject to change
Advanced Bariatric Surgery:
Managing Complications and Revisional Surgery
This course will feature didactic instruction, videos, and case observation. Attendees will also have the opportunity to bring their own case examples to an expert surgeon round table. A hands-on lab will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices.
Current Approach to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
This highly interactive course will focus on clinical data and surgical techniques using didactic instruction, videos, and case review. The hands-on lab will emphasize the science of stapling and the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in LSG surgery will be emphasized.
Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Program
This course is designed for advanced laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who currently perform stapled bariatric procedures and are interested in adding DS procedures to their practice. Participants observe DS procedures and discuss clinical data as well as surgical techniques. The hands-on lab will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staplers, the HARMONIC® Product Family, and ENDOPATH XCEL® Trocars.
Bariatric
Surgery
Bariatric Masters Program
This course exposes surgeons to topics including: best practices in managing complications, revisional surgery, delivering obesity education to patients, referring care providers, and global trends in obesity procedures.
Multi-Specialty Super Course
This course gives surgeons the opportunity to participate in various topics across three specialties - Bariatric, Colorectal, and Hernia - as participants choose sessions based on their interests. Attendees gain hands-on experience in an animate lab setting that teaches the science of tissue management in stapling and energy.
Fellows in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Program
This 2 day program with an optional half day of gastric band certification provides the Bariatric Fellow with opportunities to engage in discussions regarding the latest advances in minimally invasive bariatric surgery. The interactive sessions will address patient selection, surgical techniques, and skills for managing potential complications. In addition, there will be expert panel and mentorship sessions from a multi-disciplinary team. Hands-on labs will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in Bariatric surgery.
Laparoscopic Bariatric Preceptorship
This educational event is sponsored by Ethicon to provide training on the safe and effective use of its products in surgical procedures. This interactive surgical preceptorship is designed for laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who are interested in increasing their laparoscopic bariatric stapling procedure skills. Didactic, videos, inanimate tissue lab and live surgery observation may be used. The safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in Bariatric surgery will be emphasized.
Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Preceptorship
This course is designed for advanced laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who currently perform stapled bariatric procedures and are interested in adding DS procedures to their practice. Participants observe DS procedures in a clinical setting, discuss clinical data and surgical techniques, and learn the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staplers, HARMONIC® Product Family, and ENDOPATH XCEL® Trocars. Faculty will be available for discussion and case review between cases throughout the day.
Robotic Bariatric Preceptorship
This program provides training on the safe and effective use of Ethicon products in robotic bariatric procedures. Materials may include didactic videos, inanimate tissue lab, and live surgery observations. Faculty will be available for case review throughout the program.
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Adjustable
Gastric Band Proctorship
This course provides proctored instruction during live cases using the ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Adjustable Gastric Band. The FDA requires this course for bariatric surgeons currently performing gastric band surgery who are interested in offering this procedure to their patients.
Online Programs
Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing the Bariatric Patient
This interactive SURGiVIEW program allows bariatric practice support staff to learn best practices across a broad range of topics including managing patients, nutrition, billing, and patient education.
Understanding and Treating Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes -
Metabolic Applied Research Study (MARS)
This interactive SURGiVIEW program leverages MARS study data to better understand the mechanism of obesity. This webcast provides perspective from one of the authors of the MARS study, Dr. Lee Kaplan, as well as the unique perspective of Dr. David Cummings, an endocrinologist and advocate of treating obesity as a disease.
Surgical Support Services
Surgical Assistant and Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery
This program provides the surgical assistant with the most updated information on safe and effective use of Ethicon products in minimally invasive surgery. Didactic sessions will discuss advanced suture technologies, energy modalities, stapling instrumentation, OR teamwork, and OR set up. Lab experience will focus on the safe and effective use of the HARMONIC® Product Family, STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices, and ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Stapler in minimally invasive procedures.
Enabling Supply Chain Excellence
This course provides in-depth information about Ethicon’s supply chain tools. Course will encourage discussions with peers in the industry; experts from Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. will be available to answer questions.
OR Educators Course
Considering the rapidly changing technologies used in the operating room, it is essential that OR Educators have access to best practices in nursing education. Case studies on best practices for teaching safe and effective use
of Ethicon Endocutters, Energy, Biosurgical and Wound Closure products will be reviewed and practiced.
OR Champs Course
Now in its twelve year at Ethicon, this course provides OR staff with didactic and hands-on experience with the
HARMONIC® Product Family, STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices, Plus Antibacterial Sutures, and the ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Stapler.
Advanced Bariatric Surgery:
Managing Complications and Revisional Surgery
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Surgeons interested in increasing their clinical expertise in revisional surgery and managing complications.
Summary: This course will feature didactic instruction, videos, and case observation. Attendees will also have the opportunity to bring their own case examples to an expert surgeon round table. A hands-on lab will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices.
Faculty:
Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS
Program Director of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fresno Heart Hospital
Fresno, CA Raul Rosenthal, MD President ASMBS Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals
Scottsdale, AZ
Emma Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS Medical Director
Legacy Good Samaritan Weight Management Institute Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
Portland, OR
Manoel Galvao Neto, MD
Coordinator, Esophageal Motility Lab Hospital Estadual Mario Covas Sao Paulo, Brazil
Muhammad Jawad, MD
Medical Director, Bariatric Program Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, FL
Andre Teixeira, MD
Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, FL
Ashutosh Kaul, MD, MS, FRCS, FACS
Director, Fellowship Program in MIS at New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY Aurora Pryor, MD
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs Stony Brook School of Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
Bipad Chand, MD, FACS, FASGE
Director, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care Loyola University Health System
Current Approach to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Program length: 1 day
Designed for: Experienced surgeons as well as those new to sleeve gastrectomy.
Summary: This highly interactive course will focus on clinical data and surgical techniques using didactic instruction, videos, and case review. The hands-on lab will emphasize the science of stapling and the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in LSG surgery will be emphasized.
Faculty:
Michel Gagner, MD
Senior Consultant, Hospital du Sacre Coeur Owner, Clinique Michel Gagner
Montreal, Quebec Christopher Northup, MD Mercy Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH
Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Program
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Surgeons interested in integrating Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch (DS) into their practice.
Summary: This course is designed for advanced laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who currently perform stapled bariatric procedures and are interested in adding DS procedures to their practice. Participants observe DS procedures in a clinical setting and discuss clinical data as well as surgical techniques. The hands-on lab will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staplers, the HARMONIC® Product Family, and ENDOPATH XCEL® Trocars.
Faculty:
Dr. Stephen Boyce, FACS, FASMBS New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Turkey Creek Medical Center Knoxville, TN
Bariatric Masters Program
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Bariatric surgeons interested in exploring a range of current topics in bariatric surgery.
Summary: This course exposes surgeons to topics including: best practices in managing complications, revisional surgery, delivering obesity education to patients, referring care providers, and global trends in obesity procedures.
Faculty:
TBD
Stephen Boyce, MD, FACS, FASMBS New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Turkey Creek Medical Center Knoxville, TN
Dr. Fernando Bonanni
Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Abington Health Center
Multi-Specialty Super Course
Program length: 2 days
Designed for: Surgeons interested in learning best practices in bariatrics, colorectal, and hernia procedures.
Summary: This course gives surgeons the opportunity to participate in various topics across three specialties, as participants choose sessions based on their interests. Attendees gain hands-on experience in an animate lab setting that teaches the science of tissue management in stapling and energy.
Faculty:
TBD
Confirmed regional locations:
Celebration Hospital, FL • UC-San Diego, CA
Fellows in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Program
Program length: 2 days
Designed for: Bariatric surgeons currently attending or completing a bariatric fellowship.
Summary: This 2 day program with an optional half day of gastric band certification provides the Bariatric Fellow with opportunities to engage in discussions regarding the latest advances in minimally invasive bariatric surgery. The interactive sessions will address patient selection, surgical techniques, and skills for managing potential complications. In addition, there will be expert panel and mentorship sessions from a multi-disciplinary team. Hands-on labs will emphasize the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in Bariatric surgery.
Faculty:
Alan Wittgrove, MD,
Program Medical Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Thomas Sonnanstine, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ohio Health
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH
Leonardo Claros, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director, St Lukes Weight Loss Surgery Program St Lukes Hospital
Allentown, PA Tracy Martinez, BSN
Wittgrove Bariatric Center, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, CA
Laparoscopic Bariatric Preceptorship
Note: May be focused on Sleeve or Revisions based on faculty; please review final brochure for details. Course can be customized based on the needs of attendee.
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Bariatric surgeons interested in increasing their laparoscopic skills and clinical expertise.
Summary: This educational event is sponsored by Ethicon to provide training on the safe and effective use of its products in surgical procedures. This interactive surgical preceptorship is designed for laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who are interested in increasing their laparoscopic bariatric stapling procedure skills. Didactic, videos, inanimate tissue lab and live surgery observation may be used The safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH® staplers, HARMONIC® and ENSEAL® devices in Bariatric surgery will be emphasized.
Faculty:
Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS
Program Director of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fresno Heart Hospital
Fresno, CA Alan Wittgrove, MD
Program Medical Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals
Scottsdale, AZ
Steven Simper, MD, FACS
Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians St Marks Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
Emma Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS Medical Director,
Legacy Good Samaritan Weight Management Institute Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
Portland, OR
Andrew Hargroder, MD St Elizabeth Hospital Gonzales, LA
Sherman Yu, MD, FACS Texas Laparoscopic Consultants Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston, TX
Christopher Northup, MD Mercy Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH
Thomas Sonnanstine, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ohio Health
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH
Jaime Foote, MD, FACS Grand Health Partners St Marys Hospital Grand Rapids, MI Rami Lufti, MD
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center Chicago, IL
Stephen Boyce. MD, FACS, FASMBS New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Turkey Creek Medical Center Knoxville, TN
Leonardo Claros, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director, St Lukes Weight Loss Surgery Program St Lukes Hospital
Allentown, PA
Maher El Chaar, MD, FACS, FASMBS St Lukes Weight Loss Surgery Program St Lukes Hospital
Allentown, PA
Anthony Terracina, MD, FACS Bon Secours Weight Loss Institute Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA
Ashutosh Kaul, MD, MS, FRCS, FACS
Director, Fellowship Program in MIS at New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center
Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Preceptorship
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Surgeons interested in integrating Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch (DS) into their practice.
Summary: This course is designed for advanced laparoscopic bariatric surgeons who currently perform stapled bariatric procedures and are interested in adding DS procedures to their practice. Participants observe DS procedures in a clinical setting, discuss clinical data and surgical techniques, and learn the safe and effective use of ECHELON ENDOPATH™ Staplers, HARMONIC® Product Family, and ENDOPATH XCEL® Trocars. Faculty will be available for discussion and case review between cases throughout the day.
Faculty:
Steven Simper, MD, FACS
Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians St Marks Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT Fernando Bonanni, MD
Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Abington Health Center
Warminster, PA
Robotic Bariatric Preceptorship
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Laparoscopic bariatric surgeons interested in increasing their robotic bariatric skills.
Summary: This program provides training on the safe and effective use of Ethicon products in robotic bariatric procedures. Materials may include didactic videos, inanimate tissue lab, and live surgery observations. Faculty will be available for case review throughout the program.
Faculty:
Dr. Erik Wilson
Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston, TX
Stephen Boyce, MD, FACS, FASMBS New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Turkey Creek Medical Center Knoxville, TN
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Adjustable
Gastric Band Proctorship
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for: Bariatric surgeons currently performing gastric band surgery interested in offering the ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY® Curved Adjustable Gastric Band.
Summary: This course provides proctored instruction during live cases using the ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Adjustable Gastric Band. The FDA requires this course for bariatric surgeons currently performing gastric band surgery who are interested in offering this procedure to their patients.
Faculty:
Thomas Sonnanstine, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ohio Health
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH
Online Programs
Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing the Bariatric Patient
Program length: 2 hours
Designed for: Bariatric practice support staff.
Summary: This interactive SURGiVIEW program allows bariatric practice support staff to learn best practices across a broad range of topics including managing patients, nutrition, billing, and patient education.
Faculty:
TBD
Understanding and Treating Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes -
Metabolic Applied Research Study (MARS)
Program length: 1 hour
Designed for: All stakeholders in the referral-care pathway.
Summary: This interactive SURGiVIEW program leverages MARS study data to better understand the mechanism of obesity. This webcast provides perspective from one of the authors of the MARS study, Dr. Lee Kaplan, as well as the unique perspective of Dr. David Cummings, an endocrinologist and advocate of treating obesity as a disease.
Faculty:
Teddy Ramos
Sr. Manager, Customer Logistics Strategy Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Atlanta, GA
Chet Damania
Manager, Customer Logistics
Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Cincinnati, OH
Surgical Support Services
Surgical Assistant and Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Program length: 1.5 days
Designed for:
• Surgical assistants (RNFAs, PAs, First Assists) who currently operate surgical devices during procedures
• Surgical assistants with 3 years of surgical assistance experience
• Those in need of experience assisting in minimally invasive procedures
• Those interested in increasing their knowledge of advanced suturing techniques and advanced energy modalities, including the HARMONIC® Product Family
Summary: This program provides the surgical assistant with the most updated information on safe and effective use of Ethicon products in minimally invasive surgery. Didactic sessions will discuss advanced suture technologies, energy modalities, stapling instrumentation, OR teamwork, and OR set up. Lab experience will focus on the safe and effective use of the HARMONIC® Product Family, STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices, and ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Stapler in minimally invasive procedures.
Enabling Supply Chain Excellence
Program length: 1 day
Designed for: Hospital system teams of 2-3, including:
• Supply chain manager
• Buyer
• Materials manager
• OR materials manager
Summary: This course provides in-depth information about Ethicon’s supply chain tools. Course will encourage discussions with peers in the industry; experts from Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. will be available to answer questions.
Faculty:
Dan Kelley
Corporate Account Director, Supply Chain Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Cincinnati, OH
Mike Bulone
Healthcare Customer Logistics Director Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Piscataway, NJ
OR Educators Course
Program length: 1 day
Designed for: OR Educators working across various specialties.
Summary: Considering the rapidly changing technologies used in the operating room, it is essential that OR Educators have access to best practices in nursing education. Case studies on best practices for teaching safe and effective use of Ethicon Endocutters, Energy, Biosurgical and Wound Closure products will be reviewed and practiced.
Faculty:
Phyllis Saltzman, PhD Professional Education Ethicon, Inc.
OR Champs Course
Program length: 1 day
Designed for: RN scrubs, CSTs, circulators, or team leads working across various specialties.
Summary: Now in its twelve year at Ethicon, this course provides OR staff with didactic and hands-on experience with the HARMONIC® Product Family, STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices, Plus Antibacterial Sutures, and the ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Stapler.
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