Medical Optimization of Pre-Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Session Objectives

Review the most asked questions from patients preparing for surgery
Can I use cannabis
Do I really need to use my CPAP
What is my A1c is high
Do I need to lose weight before surgery

Speaker:

Dr. Jesse Bittman, MD, FRCPC, ABIM, Dipl ABOM

Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Internal Medicine, UBC

Dr. Bittman is a General Internist at The University of British Columbia, where he also completed his medical school and internal medicine residency.

He currently works at Revolution Medical Clinic, a multidiscipiliary obesity and hypertension clinic in Vancouver. His clinical focus is on medical and surgical management of obesity and management of resistant hypertension.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Bittman sits on national clinical guidelines committees for hypertension and is involved in research aiming to improve care of patient living with obesity and hypertension.

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