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ASMBS Foundation News and Update

October 2011

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Part 2: A Proposal: Designating Qualified Bariatric Aftercare Programs and Providers to Aid in Long-term Bariatric Patient Followup

October 2011

by Eric J. DeMaria, MD

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

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(10):26

I have heard the same question over and over again from patients during my 20 years in the field bariatric surgery—“Why isn’t there a bariatric primary care provider I can see?” I have sat in on focus groups with bariatric surgery patients discussing how they feel about their long-term postsurgical care. Inevitably, as they delve into the issues of how to obtain long-term care after bariatric surgery, one of the participants, often in frustration, will ask this same question. Read the rest of this article »

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