About this event
The 33rd talk of the APS talks series, ‘Let's talk about obesity!’, will be presented by Mr Predrag Andrejevic on Thursday 2 May 2024 at 18:30.
Register to join this talk where Mr Andrejevic will unravel the complexity of obesity—a multifaceted phenomenon that touches lives worldwide, regardless of country or culture.
The session will help to connect the dots, shedding light on how obesity affects us all and emphasising the crucial role each of us plays in combating it. He will challenge outdated notions and pave the way for real, meaningful change in both our health and wider societal systems.
Mr Andrejevic will explore preventive measures, treatment options, and the who, when, how, and where of addressing this pressing issue.
Together, we can create a better outlook for obesity and the 1.9 billion people predicted to be living with it by 2035. Because this is one target we want to miss.
Agenda
18:30: Introduction
18:35: Presentation by Mr Predrag Andrejevic
19:20: Q&A
Central European Time (CET)
Speaker
Mr Predrag Andrejevic MD. FACS. FRCSI. MFSEM. Dip. Lap. Surgery
Mr Andrejevic is a surgeon with over ten years of experience in Laparoscopic Colorectal and Emergency Surgery. He has been at the forefront of introducing minimally invasive techniques, mainly colorectal resections, emergency laparoscopic colon and gall bladder resections, and abdominal wall hernia surgery.
One of Mr Andrejevic’s activities is teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. He holds the position of postgraduate training coordinator and is the founder of the intranational postgraduate surgical program in Malta.
His contribution to teaching and training surgeons locally and internationally earned him a place on the Educational and Training Committee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons and as an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Queens Mary University of London.
His primary research is in benign and malignant colorectal disease. He led the local committee for implementing robotics in general surgery in Malta. Mr Andrejevic also practices Metabolic Surgery and is the pioneer of Endoluminal obesity surgery in Malta.
Mr Andrejevic has published locally and internationally and attended several international meetings as an invited speaker. He is also a peer reviewer for "The Surgeon" journal of the RCSEd and RCSI, Endoscopic Surgery and the World Journal of Surgical Oncology.
Practice:
- Consultant at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
- Consultant at St. James Hospital, Malta
Position and scientific membership:
- Consultant Surgeon
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeon
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Medical Education within the Institute of Health Sciences Education, Queen Mary University of London
- Postgraduate Training Coordinator- Malta
- Visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta
- Visiting- Senior Lecturer for Bart and London School of Medicine, Malta
- Examiner for the MRCS part B at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg
- President of the Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Society of Malta
- Foreign Secretary of the Association of Surgeons of Malta
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Member of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine in Ireland
- Member of the European Association of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery (EAES)
- Ex-member of the Educational Committee of the EAES
- Member of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
- Member of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES)