Sant Joan Hospital in Reus hosts bariatric surgery course

Surgery professionals attended laparoscopic and robotic surgical sessions on the treatment of severe obesity.

L'Hospital Sant Joan de Reus acull un curs de cirurgia bariàtrica

Salut Sant Joan de Reus (Hospital Universitari Sant Joan)

The Sant Joan University Hospital in Reus hosted the XI Bariatric Surgery Immersion Course of the Spanish Association of Surgery on October 7th and 8th, training future specialists in advanced techniques.

Attendees were able to witness laparoscopic and robotic surgical sessions, as well as theoretical sessions and clinical case resolutions related to bariatric and metabolic surgery.
The course allowed participants to learn about different surgical techniques, the protocol for treating patients with severe obesity, and the medical, anesthetic, and research procedures driving innovation in this field.
The training was aimed at fourth and fifth-year surgery residents, and junior consultants. The hospital's Bariatric Surgery Unit organized the course in collaboration with the Rovira i Virgili University (URV).
The unit has over 30 years of experience, and the hospital is recognized as a reference center for this specialty in the region.
Based on information from the official source: Salut Sant Joan de Reus (Hospital Universitari Sant Joan) (22/10/2026)