Chapter Info
Incorporated 2008
Executive Officers
President: Mark Eaton, MD
Immediate Past President: Catherine Boulay, MD FASMBS
Past President: Joshua Pfeiffer, MD
Past President: Donald Yarbrough, MD
Past President: Kevin Reavis, MD
Vice President: Farah Husain, MD FASMBS
Secretary: Open
Treasurer: Valerie Halpin, MD FASMBS
STAR (State Access to Care Representative): Valerie Halpin, MD FASMBS
Integrated Health STAR (State Access to Care Representative): Melissa Rowan, RN BSN CBN
Contact
Mark Eaton, MD
520 Medical Center Dr. Ste 300
Medford, OR 97504
Chapter Meetings
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Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington State Chapters Meeting at ObesityWeek 2019 in Las Vegas, NV
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
5:15-6:15pm Pacific
Mandalay Bay, 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89119, Lagoon B Room -
Oregon State ASMBS Chapter Meeting: September 27th, 2019 – Inn at the Commons, Medford, OR
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Legacy and OHSU CME Event (Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR): September 13, 2019
Practical Strategies to Optimize Care of Your Patients with Obesity -
14th Annual Oregon-Washington ACS Chapter Meeting (Chelan, WA):
June 13-16, 2019
Bariatric Breakout Session (Surgeons, Integrated Health):- Obesity Overview: Focusing on the Hormonal Adaptation to Weight Loss
- Abstract Session
- Revisions Panel: What the Integrated Health Team Should Know \
- Case Discussions
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Monthly Bariatric Journal Club Meeting run by Dr. Valerie Halpin and Dr. Farah Husain with Google Hangout option for Bariatric surgeons around the state to participate
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Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington State Chapters Meeting at ObesityWeek 2018 in Nashville, TN
Tuesday, November 13
5:15-6:15pm Central
Omni Nashville Hotel, 250 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203, Mockingbird 3 Room -
Walk from Obesity
October 13, 2018
Portland, OR -
Paradigms in Obesity
October 12, 2018
One day CME sponsored by Legacy and OHSU Hospitals -
Oregon State Chapter Meeting
September 26, 2018
Bentley’s Grill, Salem, Oregon -
July 2018 ACS Oregon-Washington Meeting in Sun River Oregon
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Oregon State Chapter Meeting
September 27, 2017
Amadeus
135 Liberty Street
Salem, OR 97301
6pm-8:30pm -
Oregon, Washington and Hawaii State Chapters Meeting at ObesityWeek 2016 in New Orleans, LA:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
6:15pm-7:15pm Central Time
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Grand Salon 6
Combined Oregon/Washington/Hawaii State Chapter Meeting -
2016 Fall Meeting, Salem, ASMBS Chapter Meeting, ACS Regional Meeting breakout session, Educational conference in Portland with walk (Legacy)
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July 2016 American College of Surgeons NW meeting (Sunriver, Ore): program abstractors and allied health staff meeting, breakout scientific session with both surgeons and staff members discussing difficult GI/bariatric cases
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State Chapter Meeting at ObesityWeek 2015 in Los Angeles, CA:
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
6pm-7pm Pacific Time
L.A. Convention Center Room #512
Combined Oregon/Washington Annual Meeting -
September 30th, 2015, Salem, Oregon – Dinner meeting
- Discussed access concerns affecting Oregon, clinical discussion on new endoscopic weight loss techniques, and privileging for those procedures
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2015 Fall Meeting, Salem, ASMBS Chapter Meeting, ACS Regional Meeting breakout session, Educational conference in Portland with walk (Legacy)
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June 2015 Suncadia, WA – Combined Washington/Oregon State Chapters meeting
Chapter Updates
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Oregon’s Stephen Archer, MD, was appointed the founding Chair of ASMBS’ new Obesity Prevention Committee, focusng on both preventing obesity and weight regain after surgery
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Oregon Co-Op insurance plan became insolvent and several patients were trapped in limbo at various stages in the preoperative process at several programs when the new plans they were assigned do not have a bariatric surgery benefit. We are lobbying the state Insurance Commissioner for relief to provide for those patients surgical services since it was claimed they would continue with the medical services they had before the switch.
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Pending State review of bariatric surgery as part of state sponsored health plan essential health plan benefit package
Support Groups
Programs provide support groups for their patients
- http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GoodSamBandsters
- http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GoodSambypassers