Australian & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society

ANZMOSS (formerly OSSANZ) started in 1980 with a meeting in South Australia of health professionals from New Zealand and Australia interested in the surgical treatment of severe obesity and has continued to meet since to discuss developments in this type of surgery. ANZMOSS welcomes as members any Health Professional working in the field of surgical treatment of obesity including physicians, dietitians and nurses. ANZMOSS is a foundation member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (www.ifso.com) which now has 31 member countries. IFSO meets each year for 3-4 days in different countries with up to 1200 in attendance discussing the latest developments in obesity surgery. The object of the Society ANZMOSS shall be: to promote the advancement of knowledge, and maintain standards, in the clinical area of the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease of obesity, with particular emphasis on the use of surgical procedures; to promote and foster research in the basic and clinical sciences related to the disease of obesity and its treatment; to provide guidelines to relevant professional associations and colleges, as well as governments, on the training of clinicians and the practice of obesity surgery in Australasia; to facilitate contact between persons interested in this and allied fields; and to disseminate widely all information and new knowledge obtained. to form a closer association of the obesity surgeons of Australia & New Zealand for the advancement of the obesity surgery & management. it shall strive to maintain the character and standards of obesity surgery as outlined by The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity.