EASO Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (COMs)
Application Form
EASO COM Application Form
Name of Institution:
Dep of Surgery, Ersta Hospital
Fjällgatan 44
Address:
Box 4622, 116 91
Town/City:
Stockholm
Country:
Sweden
Website:
www.ersta.se
Lead Contact:
Anders Thorell, MD, PhD
Position of Lead
Contact:
Senior consultant surgeon, MD, PhD
Head of upper gastrointestinal surgery
Member of EASO
National Association:
Swedish Association for the Study of Obesity
Telephone:
int 46 8 714 6541
Fax:
int 46 8 566 34607
Email:
anders.thorell@erstadiakoni.se
Signature of Lead
Contact:
Date of Submission:
Dec 30, 2011
European Association for the Study of Obesity
Registered Charity Number 1111288
EASO COM Requirements
General Requirements
Number of obese patients seen per annum
2 000
Number of new obese patients per annum
Patients: Outline
patient profile and
selection procedure.
1 000
Number of massively obese patients (BMI > 40) per annum
1 200
Number of obese children/adolescents seen per annum
25
Specific cases: rare diseases
30
Is the facility a Centre or Clinic?
Facility Location:
Outline facilities and
geographical
distribution of sites.
-within a university hospital
Clinic
Yes/No
-within a general hospital
Yes/No
-within a larger department (internal medicine, endocrinology...)
Yes/No
Number of beds dedicated to obesity
10
Number of weekly clinics dedicated to obesity
?
Outline contacts with pediatric team
Occasional referral from Swedish National Centre for Obese Children
Number of MDs in the dept involved in obesity management
Staff Specifications:
Give overview of all
staff involved in the
delivery of the Obesity
Management service.
Are all staff members of
the relevant EASO
National Association?
Links to GPs: Outline
Patient Pathway
System.
Links to other Medical
Services and Facilities:
Outline all relevant
systems and structured
links.
10
Number with IASO SCOPE certification
Number of Dieticians
2
Number of Psychologists
2
Number of Physical educators
1
First/second/third referral
First as well as second referrals from GP´s and specialized obesity Centres,
respectively. Referrals from bariatric centres for second opinion, etc
Ongoing collaboration with specialized obesity Centres, including
Centre for eating disturbances and Swedish National Centre for
Obese Children
European Association for the Study of Obesity
Registered Charity Number 1111288
EASO COM Requirements: Equipment and Tools Appropriate for Obese Patients
Tool (Essential)
Appropriate cuffs for blood pressure
measurement (>34cm)
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Scales with adequate weight capacity (> 200 kg)
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Armless chairs, high firm sofas in waiting rooms
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Wide examination tables
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Beds for very obese patients >200kg
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Stretchers adapted to very obese persons
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Sleep apnoea monitors on site or at affiliated
facilities
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Food frequency questionnaire and/or dietary
intake recording and assessment
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Questionnaires concerning depression, eating
attitudes and disorders, physical activity, quality
of life (QOL)
Access to accredited hormonal and molecular
genetics laboratories
Access to additional relevant diagnostic
procedures adapted to the very obese persons,
such as:
X-ray
Ultrasound
CT and NMR Scanning
Endoscopy
Cardiac and Pulmonary Assessment
Nuclear Medicine
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Tool (Recommended)
Pedometers
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Skinfold calipers
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Body composition analysis [Bio-impedance, dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)]
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Indirect calorimetry
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Tool (Optimal)
Hydrodensitometry
Air displacement plethysmography
European Association for the Study of Obesity
Registered Charity Number 1111288
EASO COM Requirements
Additional Requirements
Treatment Modalities: Outline
your Institution’s spectrum of
clinically proven treatment
options (to include the treatment
of complications).
Primary and revisional bariatric surgery.
ICU for treatment of complications
Educational Tools: Outline the
educational opportunities and
options offered by your
Institution.
Training programs for surgeons, in particular revisional surgery offered
several times annually.
Annual symposium (Stockholm Obesity Days)
Affiliation with an accredited
Bariatric Surgery Centre: Outline
the scope and nature of any such
affiliations.
The applicant represents an accredited Bariatric Surgery Centre with appr.
900 procedures performed annually
Data Collection and
Management: Outline your
Institution’s data collection and
management systems.
All patients are monitored within the National Registry for Obesity Surgery
with access to own as well as national data.
Several ongoing studies within the area of obesity with collection of data in
accordance with study protocols
Education and Training and
Research: Outline your
Institution’s post-graduate
training programmes and
research capabilities/projects.
See above; ongoing training of surgeons as well as multi-disciplinary teams.
Own CRC with several ongoing studies, in particular within the area of
metabolism in relation to obesity, surgical stress, and the effect of
bariatric surgery.
Applications will be evaluated twice per year. The first set of applications will be evaluated by the end of
the first quarter of 2012 (January - March) and the deadline for applications to be evaluated in this time period
is 31 December 2011.
This form should be completed in full and returned to the EASO Secretariat at enquiries@easo.org.
European Association for the Study of Obesity
Registered Charity Number 1111288