Obesity (overweight) and a seditary lifestyle are some of the major problems for medicine in modern times.

  • An endocrinologist
  • A psychologist
  • A dietician
  • A health instructor
  • A surgical team

Patients are guided through the program with the ultimate goal of reaching a healthy lifestyle and an ideal weight. A designated group of the patients under program guidance who need surgery to accomplish this goal are offered one of three procedures, the procedure offered is tailor-fit to their specific obesity dynamics:

The gastric sleeve: this is a purely restrictive and hormonal procedure, with narrowing of the stomach and taking away the portion that secretes Ghreline (the hunger hormone)

The gastric bypass: this is a combination of a restrictive procedure (reducing the stomach to a small pouch) and malabsorbtion (reconstructing small bowel so as to bypass a portion of it)

The mini gastric bypass: a less extensive adaptation of the gastric bypass

The gastric sleeve resection

The gastric bypass

EXECUTIVE BODY

Meet this year's distinguished executive board members, who are dedicated to the success of the Caribbean Society of Endoscopic Surgeons.

Wesley Francis MD, MBA, FCCS, FACS Immediate Past President - The Bahamas

Carlos Wilson MBBS, DM, FCCS, FACS Education/Training - Jamaica

Natacha Paquette BSc, MBBS, DM, FCCS Treasurer - Barbados

Vonetta George MD, MEM, MHA, FCCS, FACS Secretary - Antigua & Barbuda

Nigel Bascombe MD, DM, FCCS, FACS Vice President - Trinidad and Tobago

Lindberg Simpson MBBS, DM, FCCS, FACS President - Jamaica

TESTIMONIALS

CaSES has been a great at allowing Caribbean surgeons to share experiences and learn from each other and this has been especially beneficial for low resource smaller countries within the region.

Dr Charles Greenidge

I am happy to be a part of this prestigious group of surgeons who are always striving to provide the best care for their patients.

Dr Wesley Francis

To me, CaSES means advancement for Caribbean surgery so that even in a 'country' hospital like Percy Junor Hospital in Jamaica a patient may get appendectomy, hernia repair, colectomy, tubal ligation, cholecystectomy or even hysterectomy done laparoscopically. CaSES gives strength to surgeons in the Caribbean who want patients to have these options.

Dr. Carlos B. Wilson

Our Affliations



The CaSES is linked and affiliated to different quality-control societies and organizations. Through their specialties the CaSES surgeons are also members, board members and founding members of different surgical specialty field organizations such as the the Caribbean College of Surgeons (CCOS), the Caribbean Obesity Forum (COF) and the Caribbean Society for Hepatobiliary Surgery (CSHS).


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