Pre-Congress Courses

Registration is Open for all our Pre-Congress Courses!

Join us for our one of our full day Pre-Congress Courses and delve into the latest advancements in the field.

With 9 different pre-congress courses to choose from, you are sure to find what you are looking for! These courses offer valuable insights and practical guidance that will enhance your practice and improve patient outcomes.

Pre-registration is required, and places are limited – Secure your spot today!

If you have already registered for the IFSO 2025 World Congress, and wish to register for a pre-congress course, please contact reg_ifso25@kenes.com

Pre-Congress Day

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Registration for a pre-congress course takes place in the congress registration system.

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HANDS-ON COURSES

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PRE-CONGRESS COURSES

Check out the the Pre-Congress Courses below. More details and information are coming in all the time – Watch this space!

Hands-On Courses

Endoscopy MBS

More details coming soon!

Robotic MBS

This unique course has a comprehensive curriculum and world renowned. By the end of the course participants will have an understanding of the technical, procedural, and surgical skills required to perform primary, revisional and novel bariatric procedures using robotic technologies.

Target Audience

• Bariatric surgeons (Laparoscopic/Robotic)
• General surgeons with an interest in bariatrics
• Surgical residents and fellows

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the benefits and limitations of robotic surgery
2. Understand the differences and challenges in implementing a bariatric robotics program.
3. Be familiar with the impact of the robotic platform and its use in surgery training today.
4. Describe important clinical tips and technical pearls of robotic bariatric surgery primary and revisional procedures
5. Understand the management of complex cases with the application of robotic surgery
6. Be familiar with novel robotic bariatric procedures.

Laparoscopic MBS

🔹 Hands-on Workshop | 100% Practical | Expert-Led Training 🔹

A fully immersive hands-on training session where participants will refine laparoscopic skills in bariatric surgery, focusing on gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and troubleshooting complications using state-of-the-art simulators.

Hands on - Endoscopic MBS

Cristine Stier

Director

Martin Rojano

Co-Director

Camilo Ortiz

Co-director

Hands on - Robotic MBS

Carlos Galvani

Director

Jorge Bravo

Co-Director

Hands on - Laparoscopic MBS

Julian Varas

Director

Matias Sosa

Co-director

Ana Carolina Moreira

Co-director

Other Pre-Congress Courses

Revisional and Medical Interventions for Recurrent Weight Gain and Complications

It has been estimated that up to 25% of patients who have undergone a Bariatric/Metabolic intervention will need additional interventions for weight and/or comorbidity management or complications. Unlike most surgical disciplines, we must take a holistic approach to the patient, rather than concentrate on only one organ system.

This course will help guide you in this process, from evaluation, risk assessment to intervention, including non-surgical options.

Obesity Medications for Surgeons Obesity

This course will be interactive to allow as much exchange between the experts on the podium and in the audience to understand how obesity medications can be optimised before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery. The objectives are to increase the use of obesity medications before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery by reducing side effects and by increasing long term benefit. The course will explore ways how obesity medications can result in an increased number of metabolic and bariatric surgery operations to allow better care for more people with the disease of obesity. The top international thought leaders will explain heir interpretation of the data but also share their opinions on what the future may hold.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the potential of using obesity medications before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery
Understand the reasons why the numbers of metabolic and bariatric surgery operations have declined internationally and how the use of obesity medications can increase the numbers of metabolic and bariatric surgery operations
Understand how the side effects of obesity medications can be reduced and how the long term benefits of obesity medications can be enhanced before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Innovative Procedures in MBS

Besides the great efficiency and safety profile of the standard IFSO approved surgeries as RYGB, LSG, DS, SADI-S and OAGB, innovative procedures are growing worldwide in primary and revisional MBS. This course is planned to provide insight into these new techniques highlighting ethical principles for current use of this group of procedures, the way they should be correctly applied and risks and benefits for the patients.

The course will involve a very experimented group of faculties highly involved in bariatric practice, treatment of complications, revisional bariatric/metabolic surgeries and innovation in MBS. Different techniques will be presented and debated. The program will be very interactive and stimulate interaction and discussion about the most important and challenging issues.

Innovation in Integrated Health

This course aims to provide a series of current subjects relevant to Integrated Health multidisciplinary practice globally. The subject areas have been divided into different sessions within the course program: starting with Dietetics and Nutrition, followed by Nursing, and ending with a multidisciplinary session. All the sessions consist of topics that have a collective focus on empowering and encouraging leadership within all Integrated Health Professionals.

We are aiming to cater for a global audience, with a range of experiences and professions which encompass our Integrated Health members.

We want the course to be inclusive and interactive. We will use polling/voting in the course which will also provide feedback to help plan future meetings.

IFSO LAC and Chile Day

This course will be conducted in Spanish and aimed at participants from Latin America.

Descripción y Objetivos de aprendizaje.

Se desarrollará en dos SALONES SIMULTÁNEOS durante todo el día, y las conferencias se dictarán en el IDIOMA ESPAÑOL.

Salón 1: Se llevarán a cabo cinco Simposios

I.- CIRUGÍA Y TRATAMIENTO MÉDICO DE LA OBESIDAD. Habrán tres conferencias magistrales de expertos sobre MEDICAMENTOS Y CIRUGÍA BARIÁTRICA, al cabo de las cuales, se llevará a cabo una mesa de discusión sobre cuál es el mejor momento para iniciar la terapia farmacológica de la obesidad. Al final del Simposio, se espera que los participantes tengan una idea clara del papel emergente de los MEDICAMENTOS PARA TRATAMIENTO DE LA OBESIDAD.

II.- SIMPOSIO INTERDISCIPLINARIO. Tendrán lugar ocho conferrencias de 5 minutos, con temas que involucren a todo el equipo interdisciplinario de manejo de obesidad y transtornos metabólicos. Al final del simposio, se espera que los participantes desarrollen la idea de la complejidad de la enfermedad y el rol vital del equipo interdisciplinario para el éxito del tratamiento.

III.- SIMPOSIO SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE CIRUGÍA BARIÁTRICA Y METABÓLICA. Esta área está dedicada a los aspectos de políticas públicas y estrategias de los diferentes gobiernos respecto a la prevención, diagnóstico, manejo y rehabilitación de los enfermos que padecen obesidad, destacando el modelo chileno de medicina prepagada, y la importancia de la elaboración de una ley de obesidad. Al final del simposio, los participantes podrán tener una idea clara sobre cuál es la dirección a seguir en el ámbito de políticas públicas de salud.

IV.- ACTUALIZACIÓN EN CIRUGÍA MAGNÉTICA BARIÁTRICA. Se desarrollarán cinco conferencias con las diferentes modalidades quirúrgicas emergentes, en las que se usan los magnetos para la práctica quirúrgica y las anastomosis intestinales. Al final del simposio, el auditorio tendrá claro cómo fue el desarrollo de esta nueva tecnología, su aplicabilidad a la práctica cotidiana y el futuro de la misma.

V.- SESIÓN DE VIDEO EDUCACIÓN: TRUCOS Y DETALLES TÉCNICOS. Esta sesión será de las más interesantes y viene a reemplazar la transmisión en vivo de cirugías. Se requerirán cuatro monitores o proyectores simutáneos, en los que expertos en cada procedimiento presentarán un video de 15 minutos con edición mínima, resaltando los detalles técnicos clave y los trucos particulares de cada tiempo quirúrgico, permitiendo a la audiencia el intercambio activo de opiniones con el autor del video.

Salón 2: Habrán dos sesiones

I.- VIDEO FESTIVAL. Esta modalidad es siempre muy esperada por los asistentes a congresos. Se presentarán doce videos de 7 minutos cada uno, dando tres minutos para la discusión del mismo, en los que los presentadores resaltarán los aspectos más importantes de casos clínicos muy interesantes para enseñanza.

II.- SIMPOSIO DE ESPECIALIDADES AFINES. Durante toda la tarde, Médicos Clínicos, profesionales en Nutrición, Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Psicólogos, Psiquiatras, y otros especialistas no quirúrgicos, presentarán temas de actualidad que sean complementarios o paralelos al acto quirúrgico y que son de vital importancia para el éxito de la terpéutica de la obesidad.