Dear Bariatric Times friends and colleagues:

I am sure that all readers who attended the 28th annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) in Orlando, Florida last month would agree that it was an excellent meeting. I enjoyed it despite the fact that I hate Orlando! Read the rest of this article »

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by Jay B. Brodsky, MD, and Jerry Ingrande, MD

Dr. Brodsky is Professor (Anesthesia) and Medical Director: Perioperative Services, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California. Dr. Ingrande is Instructor (Anesthesia) and Chief of Bariatric Anesthesia Division, Stanford University Medical Center. Read the rest of this article »

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by Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD, DABA, and Anupama Wadhwa, MD

Dr. Sinha is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wadhwa is Associate Professor, University of Louisville, Site Director, Outcomes Research Consortium, Director Of Residency Curriculum, Louisville, Kentucky. Read the rest of this article »

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by Kimberley E. Steele, MD, FACS; Thomas H. Magnuson, MD, FACS; Anne O. Lidor MD, MPH, FACS; Dean F. Wong, MD; and Michael A. Schweitzer, MD, FACS

Drs. Steele, Magnuson, Lidor, and Schweitzer are all from the Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wong is from the Department of Neuroradiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Read the rest of this article »

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by Jim Henry, RD, LD/N, and Noel N. Williams, MD, FRCSI
Jim Henry is the Bariatric Program Coordinator, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Williams is a surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(7):16–18

Welcome to the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric surgery program at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania
With more than 20 years of experience in weight loss surgery, the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program offers individuals with severe obesity the latest surgical procedures as tools to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Penn’s multidisciplinary teams of specialists include surgeons, bariatricians, nutritionists, nurses, and psychologists who are leaders in the field of obesity treatment. Working in collaboration with experts in cardiology, endocrinology, anesthesiology, and sleep medicine, this team provides candidates for weight loss surgery with exceptional care before and after surgery. Read the rest of this article »

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Hamburg, Germany, August 31—September 3, 2011

by Rudolf A. Weiner, MD

Professor Weiner is President of the European Chapter of IFSO and President of the upcoming 16th World Congress of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders; Professor in Surgery, University of Frankfurt, Germany, Head of the Department for General, Visceral and Trauma Surgery in Frankfurt, Sachsenhausen, Germany.

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by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona. Read the rest of this article »

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Total Bariatric Care by Eric J. Demaria, MD

This month’s topic: Low BMI surgery: Metabolic or Cosmetic?

Dr. DeMaria is from New Hope Wellness Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(7):22

This column is dedicated to providing updates and commentary on a wide range of topics within the specialty of bariatric surgery. Read the rest of this article »

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