After this activity, participants will be able to:

• Determine POEM vs LHR outcomes across various hospital settings, hospitals, and needs

If there is time after the main discussion, the other following projects will be reviewed:

• Understand how different neoadjuvant therapy regimens administered at timepoints relative to surgical treatment of gastric cancer affect long-term outcomes

• Determine the impact of depression severity on outcomes of bariatric surgery
• Define and assess factors affected by antibiotics administered for fundoplication surgery compared to no antibiotic therapy