Course Director
Christopher DuCoin, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of SurgeryFellowship Director, Foregut & Bariatric Surgery
Director, Digestive Disease institution at Tampa General
Director, Robotic Surgery at Tampa General
Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgery, Clinical Operations
Department of Surgery, University of South Florida
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
Faculty
Laura Boyer, FNP-C, CBN
Lillian Craggs-Dino, DHA, RDN, LDN, CLT
Registered DieticianSurgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL
Gwen L. Crispell, MSN, RN, CBN
Metabolic and Bariatric Nurse CoordinatorWorks at UFHealth Shands
Gainesville, FL
Francesca Dimou, MD
Salvatore Docimo, DO, MBA
Associate Professor of SurgeryDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgery,
Department of Surgery
University of South Florida
Associate Director,
Bariatric & Foregut Fellowship
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
Enrique F. Elli, MD
Mayo ClinicGeneral Surgeon
Esophageal and Bariatric Surgery
Jacksonville, FL
Kerry Ferguson, PhD
Clinical PsychologistKissimmee, FL
Lisa M. Ferreira, MD
Family MedicineObesity Medicine
AdventHealth Medical Group
Tampa, FL
Manoel Galvao Neto, MD
Head of Bariatric endoscopy at Mohak Bariatric and Robotic CenterIndore, India
Head of Bariatric Endoscopy at Elias Ortiz Company
Tijuana, Mexico
Professor of Surgery and Gastroenterology at Sri Aurobindo Medical College
Indore, India
Carah Horn, MBA-HCA, BSN, RN, CBN
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Coordinator SurgeryBayfront Health
St. Petersburg, FL
Joey Jarrard, MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery at Tallahassee Memorial HospitalAssistant Professor FSU College of Medicine General Surgery Residency
Tallahassee, FL
Sharon Krzyzanowski, BSN, RN, CBN
Bariatric RN Accrediation CoordinatorAdventHealth Celebration
Celebration, FL
Ciara Lopez, BSN, RN, CBN
Bariatric NurseBariatric Coordinator of the Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Medicine
AdventHealth
Celebration, FL
Joseph W. Melendez-Davidson, MD
Bariatric SurgeonSurgery
Memorial Healthcare
Hollywood, FL
Michel Murr, MD
Medical Director of Bariatric and Metabolic InstituteAdventhealth WFD
Professor of Surgery
Advent Health Tampa
Tampa, FL
Christopher Joe Northup, MD
Medical Director, MHWSMercy Medical Associates
Olde West Chester, OH
Richard Pratley, MD
Richard E. Pratley, MDSamuel E. Crockett Chair in Diabetes Research
Medical Director | AdventHealth Diabetes Institute
Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead | AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Orlando, FL
Aileem Schilling, MSHc, RD, LDN
Bariatric Surgery CoordinatorMemorial Hospital Pembroke
Pembroke Pines, FL
Dennis Smith, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Advent HealthCelebration, FL
Andre F. Teixera, MD
Assistant Professor of SurgeryOrlando Health
Orlando, FL
Lindsay Wiles, MD
Obesity Medicine Physician, ABOM DiplomateTampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
