ADVISORY/World-Class Surgeons To Present On Inamed's New Minimally Invasive Treatment For Morbid Obesity.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 14) SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 Inamed Corporation Reception for Media and Investors Immediately After Presentation March 14 at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Hilton and Towers Inamed Corporation (Nasdaq: IMDC IMDC Illinois Medical District (Chicago, IL) IMDC Integrated Mission Design Center (NASA) IMDC Isolated, Missing, Detained, or Captured (personnel recovery) ), a global medical device company, will host a symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Innovation, Support and Long-term Experience: A Review of the LAP-BAND(R) System" followed by a cocktail reception for media and investors during the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic en·do·scope n. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. en Surgeons (SAGES SAGES Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (Los Angeles, CA) SAGES South Africa Gastroenterology Society ). The symposium features a distinguished panel of physicians chaired by Paul O'Brien Paul O'Brien (born April 14 1978) is a Logie Award winning actor from South Africa. Although born there, Paul grew up in Australia as well as Mauritius. He currently plays Jack Holden on the Australian television soap opera Home and Away. , M.D., Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University Facilities in are diverse and vary in services offered. Information on residential sevices at Monash University, including on-campus (MRS managed) and off-campus, can be found at [2] Student organisations (Brisbane, Australia), who is one of the foremost experts on the LAP-BAND System with more than 1000 procedures performed to date. Among other topics, the panel will discuss their clinical experience with the LAP-BAND(R) Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a recently approved, minimally invasive surgery minimally invasive surgery Laparoscopic surgery, see there. See Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. for the treatment of severe or morbid obesity morbid obesity n. The condition of weighing at least twice the ideal weight. morbid obesity Superobesity Bariatircs A condition defined as 45 kg > ideal body weight, 2 times > ideal/standard weight or, for , and the future of obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. treatments.
WHAT Inamed Corporate Symposium on the clinical experience
and benefits of the LAP-BAND(R)System and Cocktail
Reception
The LAP-BAND(R) System is a medical breakthrough in
the treatment of severe and morbid obesity. This
innovative technology provides patients with an
adjustable, minimally invasive solution for sustained
weight-loss and reduced health risks typically
associated with obesity.
WHEN Thursday, March 14, 2002
Symposium: 5:30-7:30 p.m. (EST)
Reception: 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Nick Teti, President and CEO of Inamed Corporation,
and other members of Inamed's management team will
host the cocktail reception. Several surgeons who
routinely perform the LAP-BAND procedure will also be
in attendance. All will be available to the media to
answer questions.
WHERE New York Hilton and Towers
Symposium: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd floor
Reception: The Green Room, 4th floor
1335 Avenue of the Americas, (between 53rd and 54th
Streets)
New York, NY
AGENDA 5:30 - The Opportunity, Paul O'Brien, M.D.
5:45 - Laparoscopic to Laparoscopic Bariatric, Brian
Quebbmann, M.D.
6:00 - Bariatric to Laparoscopic Bariatric, Barry
Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S.
6:15 - Laparoscopic Banding: A Global Perspective,
Hadar Spivak, M.D.
6:30 - The Future, Paul O'Brien, M.D.
6:45 - Panel Discussion
7:30 - Conclusion of Symposium
8:00 - Reception with Inamed Management and Dr.
O'Brien
PANEL Paul E. O'Brien, MD, Panel Chairperson
Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences
Monash University
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria
Barry L. Fisher, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada
Brian B. Quebbemann, MD
Director, Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Founder and CEO, The N.E.W. Program, Inc.
Newport Beach, California
Hadar Spivak, MD
Bariatric Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgery
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown, Texas
RSVP Media wishing to attend or schedule interviews should
contact Carrie Bloom of Citigate Sard Verbinnen at
(212) 687-8080.
Investors wishing to attend should contact Saul
Herrera of Inamed Corporation at (805) 692-5459.
ON-SITE Media: Holley Malia of Inamed Corporation
CONTACT (cellular 805-404-3124)
Investors: Peter Nicholson of Inamed Corporation
(cellular 805-895-2454)
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