Bariatric Endoscopy

Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE 

Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Division of Gastroenterology

75 Francis Street

Endoscopy Center

Boston, MA  02115

Dr. Christopher Thompson is the Director of Developmental Endoscopy at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also on staff at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston, and is co-director of the DoD funded CIMIT Working Group on Endoscopic Surgery. He is an active clinician with focused interest in advanced endoscopy as it applies to post-surgical complications, bariatric endoscopy, reflux, and pancreatic disease. He has also established an active animal lab geared toward device development and industry partnering. The lab currently has several active protocols for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) and the development of endoluminal devices. His research interests include: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), Endoscopic Suturing, GERD, advanced endoscopy research and device development, and bariatric endoscopy.

I. OBESITY OVERVIEW AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT.- 1. The Epidemiology of Obesity.- 2. Pathophysiology of Obesity.- 3. Obesity Related Comorbidities.- 4. Diet and Lifestyle Therapy in the Management of Obesity and its Comorbidities.- 5. Pharmacologic Therapy of Obesity.- 6. Pre-surgical GI Evaluation in Bariatric Surgery .- 7. Assessment of Liver Health Before and After Bariatric Procedures: Current Status and Future Directions Within EndoHepatology.- . II. TRADITIONAL BARIATRIC SURGERY AND ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS.- 8. Surgical Management of Obesity: Surgical Procedures, Preoperative Evaluation, Patient Selection.- 9. Peri-Operative Management of the Bariatric Patient.- 10. Normal Post-surgical Anatomy .- 11. Abdominal Pain in the RYGB Patient .- 12. Early GI Bleeding after Bariatric Surgery.- 13. Management of Leaks Following Gastric Bypass .- 14. Management of Chronic Gastro-gastric Fistula in the Post-Bypass Patient.- 15. Ulceration in the Bariatric Patient.- 16. Management of strictures.- 17. Accessing the Pancreatobiliary Limb and ERCP .- 18. Endoscopic management of foreign bodies in the post-bariatric population.- 19. Nutritional Management of the Bariatric Patient: Diets and Deficiencies.- 20. Anemia .- 21. Diagnosis and Treatment of Dumping Syndrome after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity.- 22. Management of Sleeve Gastrectomy Complications: Reflux, Stenosis, Leaks.- 23. Management of LAGB Complications: Reflux, Band Erosion, Dilated Esophagus.- 24. Rare Complications.- 25. Endoscopic Therapy for Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery  .- 26. Imaging in the Bariatric Patient.- 27. Anesthetic Considerations of Bariatric Endoscopy.- 28. Special Nursing Considerations in Caring for the Bariatric Patient.- 29. Endoscopy Unit Considerations  .- . III. ENDOSCOPIC BARIATRIC THERAPIES.- 30. Overview of Primary Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies - including surgical corollaries and mechanism of action.- 31. Aftercare Platforms.- 32. Intragastric Balloon.- 33. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty .- 34. POSE.- 35. Aspiration Therapy.- 36. Implantable Sleeves for Type II Diabetes.- 37. Mucosal Resurfacing in Management of Type II Diabetes.- 38. Magnetic Anastomosis.- 39. Other Devices Under Clinical or Pre-clinical Investigations.