Dear Friends, Colleagues and Readers of Bariatric Times:
As this year comes to an end, we are privileged to share with you another exciting issue of Bariatric Times. I am especially excited to introduce to our readership a new column entitled, “Ed Mason at Large.” I first met Dr. Mason in 2007 at the Foregut meeting in Coral Gables, Florida, and ever since, I have had the privilege of communicating with him through e-mail, mainly on the topic of bariatric surgery. Read the rest of this article »

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Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS

This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures.

This Month’s Technique: How to Perform an Evaluation and Reduction of Internal Hernia Via a Laparoscopic Single Incision

This Month’s Featured Expert: Michael A. Schweitzer, MD, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

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Column Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MD

Dr. Jones is Vice Chair for Education, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

by Stephanie B. Jones, MD, and Roman Schumann, MD Read the rest of this article »

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This ongoing column is dedicated to sharing with readers the life and experiences of Dr. Edward Mason.

Welcome from Column Editor
Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN
It is with great honor and delight to coordinate this new column “Ed Mason at Large.” For those who know Dr Mason, it will be enlightening to learn more about him and his vast contribution to the specialty of obesity research and bariatric surgery. For those who are in this field and do not know him, it will be a gift. Read the rest of this article »

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December 2011

by David Provost, MD Read the rest of this article »

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Medicare Announces that it will Now Pay for Obesity Counseling
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (MedPageToday.com and ABC News)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare announced that it will pick up the tab for obesity screening and intensive behavioral counseling.
CMS, which first floated the obesity coverage plan last September, said it expects more than 30 percent of the Medicare population to qualify for the new benefit. Read the rest of this article »

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Knoxville, Tennessee

by Jama Stinnett, LPN, CPH, Office Manager, New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Read the rest of this article »

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