CLINICAL EDITOR
Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS
Program Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of the Minimally Invasive Fellowship Program, and Director of the Bariatric Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida—Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Elektra McDermott
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Douglas G. Adler, MD
Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

Cynthia Alexander, PsyD
Psychologist, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Peter Benotti, MD, FACS
Director of General Surgery, Geisinger Health System

Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS  
Surgeon and Director, Scottsdale Bariatric Center
Medical Director, Balance Bariatric Program, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, Arizona

Deborah H. Cox, RN
Chair, ASBS Allied Health Sciences Section, Bariatric Coordinator, North Ridge Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Myriam Curet, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director,
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University

Morgan Downey, JD
Executive Director & CEO, American Obesity Association
Washington, DC

Michel Gagner, MD
Chief, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program, New York, New York

Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD
Houston, Texas

Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD
Nutritionist, Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program, New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York

Giselle Hamad, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Obesity Surgery, UPMC Weight Management Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, UCSF-FRESNO, Director, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fresno Heart Hospital, Fresno, California

Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, FACS
University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS
Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Colleen Kennedy, MD
Director of Bariatric Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana

Peter Kopelman, MD FRCP
Vice-Principal (NHS Liaison), Deputy Warden, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, UK

Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN
Program Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center, La Jolla, California

Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD
Drs. Moorehead, Parish, and Associates PA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Edward Phillips, MD, FACS
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Harry Pino, PhD
Exercise Physiologist, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Eneida Roldan, MD, MPH, MBA
Senior Consultant, Myephit Inc., Board-Certified Bariatrician, Private Practice, Miami, Florida

Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS
Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Vivian M. Sanchez, MD
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery,
Baltimore, Maryland

Michele A. Shermak, MD
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland

Scott Shikora, MD
Surgical Director, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Emily Wong-Swartz, MHSA, LHRM, RD, LD/N
Program Coordinator, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Bariatric Institute,
Weston, Florida, Chair, ASBS Support Group Committee

Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS
Associate Director, The Bariatric Institute, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Noel N. Williams, MD, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Gen)
Director of Bariatric Program, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Natan Zundel, MD, FACS
West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania