Wednesday August 9
Title: Psychiatric Care of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Time/Date: 12:30 - 1:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, August 9
Platform: Zoom
Trainee presenter: Natalia Luna Andrade, MD, PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
Discussant: Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FACLP, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Vice-President, Education and Physician-in-Chief, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Psychosocial Director, University Health Network Bariatric Surgery Program.
Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Description: Dr. Natalia Luna Andrade will present a clinical case that exemplifies the complex psychiatric issues experienced by patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity. Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam will serve as the expert discussant and provide a high yield and clinically relevant dialogue surrounding psychiatric care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery, including C-L psychiatrists role in pre- and post-surgery care. The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question and answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.