Advocacy for the Pediatric Patient with Severe Obesity: What All Pediatric Surgeons Need to Know

Moderator (s)

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  Kanika Bowen-Jallow, MD, MMS, FACS, FAAP (she/her/hers)

  Medical Director Surgical Services and Medical Director Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
  Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper
  Prosper, Texas, United States
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  Kirk Reichard, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

  Surgical Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware
  Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Panelist(s)

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  Leslie Knod, MD

  Assistant Professor University of Connecticut
  Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Connecticut Children’s Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  Shawn Stafford, MD

  Chief Surgical Officer, TCH the Woodlands Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
  Texas Childrens Hospital
  The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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  Jun Tashiro, MD MPH

  Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director, Adolescent Healthy Weight Program, Pediatric Trauma Medical Director (Hackensack University Medical Center), Surgical Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery (Hackensack University Medical Center)
  NYU Langone Health
  New York, New York, United States
• JH

  James M. Healy, MD, MHS (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Connecticut Children's
  Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  Cornelia Griggs, MD

  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Mass General Brigham
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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  Matthew A. Hornick, MD

  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States