Bariatric Center Spotlight:
Centers for Obesity Related Illness at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan

Clinician Perspective:
The Role of Psychology in Bariatric Care� Beyond Patient Assessment: An Interview with Melodie Moorehead, PhD
Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD, has presented internationally on the topic of bariatric surgery psychology and has specialized in bariatric surgery psychology for two decades. She is President of Drs. Moorehead, Parish & Associates in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Letter to the Editor:
Understanding that Obesity is Tracking Tobacco as the New Smoking Epidemic…
Randolph Smoak, Jr., MD

Nutrition Perspective:
Preoperative Nutritional Assessment for Bariatric Surgery Patients
by Margaret M. Furtado, MS, RD, LD/N

Patient Management:
The Exercise Prescription for the Obese Patient
by Harry Pino, PhD

Creating a Winning Weight Loss Team
by Victoria Shanta Retelny, RD, LD Patient Perspective:
Bariatric Surgery is Not About Statistics� It�s an Individual�s Decision to Live or Die
by Michael Jordan