VBS Abstract Competition

Submit your abstracts for inclusion in the 2025 VBS Annual Meeting! Submission deadline is July 1, 2025. 

Virginia Bariatric Society: Abstract Competition Submission Guidelines

Three prizes will be awarded: first place $300, second place $200, and the keynote speaker’s choice $150. If the author or representative of author fails to show for the presentation of an abstract, that abstract will no longer be eligible for any prizes.

Abstracts will be eligible for the following categories: 

• Oral Presentations 
• Integrated Health (IH) Presentations 
• Behavioral Health Presentations 
• Poster  
• E-Poster Presentations 
• Video presentations 

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY ALL AUTHORS (COI): 

All authors must disclose ALL financial relationships. Abstracts will not be considered if this is not completed. 

ASMBS ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: 

· Abstracts must be original work. 

· No authors may be added or deleted after the abstract submission deadline. 

· Maximum 250 word count

· Submitted abstract titles must NOT contain trade names. 

· Use first person language: Authors should not use "obese" as an adjective or noun to describe an individual person or group of people, but instead use terms such as "people with obesity" and "populations with obesity." 

VIDEO ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: 

Videos submissions require submission of an abstract. Videos must follow the ASMBS standardized video format:

• Video title 
• Disclosure 
• Clinical presentation & indication of surgery 
• Preoperative images/ endoscopy 
• Operative procedure with emphasis on trocar placement, dissection, and resection and reconstruction. 
• Postoperative images, course, and 30 days outcome. 
• Conclusion 

Videos must not exceed 7 minutes in length. Videos must include verbal narration. Narration must use generic terms and no use of commercial/proprietary names is allowed. No background music. Videos cannot contain any evidence of commercial support. 

Questions? Email VBSdirector@ramdocs.org