CONCURRENT SESSION – PART 1B: Surgical Video Sessions

Edge Procedure

Dr. Eric Lam, BSc., MSc., MD, FRCPC, FASGE
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology – St. Paul’s Hospital Site
University of British Columbia

 

Dr. Eric Lam is a therapeutic GI endoscopist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada and has been in practice for 18 years.  He completed his MD degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Internal Medicine at UBC and completed his GI training at the University of Alberta.  He did additional training in biliary endoscopy at the University of Alberta and completed his clinical fellowship in endoscopic ultrasound at Hôpital St. Luc in Montreal.  He did additional training in advanced tissue resection in Kobe, Japan.

His clinical interests include ERCP/interventional endoscopic ultrasound and third space endoscopy including endoscopic submucosal dissection, peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia and laparoscopic/endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS).

In his free time, he enjoys travel with his family, distance running and is working on improving his technique in making sushi rice.

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Objectives:

• Identify the anatomical difficulties in accessing the bile duct post bariatric surgery.
• Describe the steps in accessing the biliary system in Roux-en-Y gastrectomy.
• Describe the potential complications of the EDGE procedure.