Medicine Grand Rounds: Metabolic Surgery: Myths and Facts

College of Medicine – Tucson, Department of Medicine

When

Jan. 7, 2026, Noon – 1 p.m.

Where

Lecture Hall, Room 5403
1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721

or

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Topic

Metabolic Surgery: Myths and Facts

Presenter details

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Dr. Iman Ghaderi

Iman Ghaderi, MD, MSc, MHPE

Dr. Ghaderi is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. He specializes in minimally invasive, robotic and bariatric surgery. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran, and completed a Master of Science in the Division of General Surgery at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Ghaderi went on to complete his clinical clerkship and general surgery residency at Western University in London, Ontario, followed by the Association for Surgical Education Research Fellowship. He subsequently completed a two-year research and clinical fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also pursued a master’s in health professions education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Ghaderi’s clinical interests include preoperative risk reduction, the management of upper gastrointestinal and bariatric patients, and outcomes of minimally invasive foregut and bariatric procedures. His academic research centers on surgical education, particularly the acquisition of technical skills, assessment of operative performance and the cognitive aspects of surgical expertise development among residents and fellows.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held at the College of Medicine – Tucson, Room 5403. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Medicine Grand Rounds" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All faculty members, CME planning committee members and the CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
  2. Understand more clearly advances in therapy
  3. Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please call 520-626-7174 at least three days in advance of the event. If you would like to participate in the Q&A portion of this lecture, email Crystal Escobar (crystalescobar@arizona.edu) for the Zoom link and password.