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In this issue of Bariatric Times, we deliver to you more outstanding articles and columns. If you have a smart phone or tablet and have not done so already, please make sure you visit the Android Marketplace or Apple App store and download the BT App for your mobile device. Read the rest of this article »

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Dear Bariatric Times Editor:

This letter is in response to the an article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Ludwig and Murtagh entitled, “State intervention in life-threatening childhood obesity.”[1] As a frontline childhood obesity physician, I strongly disagree with the premise of this article. Read the rest of this article »

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Bariatric Times. 2012;9(2):10–19

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During the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), in Orlando, Florida, June 12 to 17, 2011, Dr. Phil Schauer moderated a panel debate entitled, “Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes: Which Operation is Most Suitable for Diabetic Patients.” In this Group Symposium, the four panel members, Drs. Jaime Ponce, Ricardo Cohen, Vivek Prachand, and Michel Gagner, presented their procedures of choice in operating on patients with diabetes and defended their positions through research and personal case examples. In this article, these panel members provide a synopsis of their presentations. Read the rest of this article »

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by Melissa M. Beitner, MBBS; Jonathan Cohen, MD; and Marina S. Kurian, MD

Dr. Kurian and Dr. Beitner are from the Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. Dr Cohen is from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. Read the rest of this article »

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Column Editor: Laura Boyer, RN, CBN
President of the Integrated Health Section of the  ASMBS; Director of Clinical Systems for The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana in Covington, Louisiana

This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient.

This month’s column by Karen Schulz, RN, CNS, CBN

Ms. Schulz is from University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; and is President Elect of the ASMBS Integrated Health Section. Read the rest of this article »

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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

This ongoing column is authored by members of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP), an organization dedicated to the bariatric patient.

This month’s column by Riccardo Taddei, MD; Nora Terrasini, MD; Cedrick Zaouter, MD; Erik Arbeid, MD; and Thomas M. Hemmerling, MSc, MD, DEAA 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.

Column Editor: Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN
Ms. Martinez is the Program Director for Wittgrove Bariatric Center in La Jolla, California. Read the rest of this article »

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

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