The 2021 Mason Lecture will honor the great pioneers of bariatric surgery we lost in the last year – Dr. Harvey Sugerman, Dr. Nicola Scopinaro, and Dr. Ed Mason.

Dr. Jaime Ponce, ASMBS Past-President, will emcee the presentation, celebrating the lives and accomplishments of these great leaders of our field. We hope you join us for this tribute honoring the contributions of three incredible surgeon trailblazers.

Additional speakers will include Luigi Angrisani MD, Eric DeMaria MD FASMBS, Shanu Kothari MD FASMBS, Manuela Mazzarella, and Ninh Nguyen MD.


4:00pm Welcome and Introduce Mason Lecture Participants
Matthew Hutter, MD MPH FASMBS
4:05pm Welcome
Jaime Ponce, MD FACS FASMBS
4:06pm Dr. Nicola Scopinaro introduction
Jaime Ponce, MD FACS FASMBS
4:07pm Dr. Nicola Scopinaro presentation
Luigi Angrisani, MD; Manuela Mazzarella, COO/IFSO
4:18pm Dr. Harvey Sugerman introduction
Jaime Ponce, MD FACS FASMBS
4:19pm Dr. Harvey Sugerman presentation
Shanu Kothari, MD FASMBS; Eric DeMaria, MD
4:30pm Dr. Ed Mason Introduction
Jaime Ponce, MD FACS FASMBS
4:31pm Dr. Ed Mason presentation
Ninh Nguyen, MD
4:42pm Closing remarks
Jaime Ponce, MD FACS FASMBS