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
Editorial Advisory Board
Ahmed R. Ahmed, BSc(Hons), FRCS(Gen)
Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Cynthia Alexander, PsyD
Psychologist, Program Coordinator, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston; Examining Committee 17th Circuit Court of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Peter Benotti, MD, FACS
St Francis Medical Center
Trenton, New Jersey
Marc Bessler, MD
Surgical Director, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Obesity Surgery,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, New York
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona School of Medicine-Phoenix; Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jay B. Brodsky, MD
Professor (Anesthesia), Medical Director—Perioperative Services, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
Rafael F. Capella, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Professor and Chief of EndoSurgery, Section Chief, Duke Surgery at Durham Regional Hospital, Duke University Durham, North Carolina
Michel Gagner, MD
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida; Clinical Professor of Surgery, Florida International University School of Medicine, Miami Beach, Florida
Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD
Houston, Texas
Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD
Nutritionist, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Giselle G. Hamad, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor in Surgery, UCSF-FRESNO, Director, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, 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; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Stephanie B. Jones, MD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program; Director, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Edward Lin, DO, FACS
Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN
Program Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center,
La Jolla, California
Joseph Michaels V, MD
Plastic Surgeon, Private Practice, North Bethesda, Maryland
Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD, ABPP
Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology, JFK Medical Center; Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute, Atlantis, Florida
Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Martin I. Newman, MD, FACS
Department of Plastic Surgery, Associate Program Director, Education Director, Weston, Diplomate American Board of Surgery, Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery Weston, Florida
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California
Jürgen Ordemann, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chief, Unit of Bariatric Surgery, Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Edward Phillips, MD, FACS
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Harry Pino, PhD
Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Leon C. Hirsch Professor; Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery; Weill Medical College of Cornell University; New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Metabolic and Bariatric Treatment Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Vivian M. Sanchez, MD
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland
Shashank Shah, MBBS, MS, FAIS, FMAS (hon)
Director, Department of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery-Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, and Dr. L.H.Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Edward Shang, MD
Professor of Surgery, Head of Bariatric Surgery, Universityhospital Leipzig,
Germany
Michele A. Shermak, MD
The Plastic Surgery Center of Maryland, Lutherville, Maryland
Scott Shikora, MD
Surgical Director, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP
Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
Prof. Dr. Michel Suter
Chief Surgeon, Hôpital du Chablais, Switzerland; Responsible surgeon for bariatric surgery, Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS
Associate Director Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and Division of MIS, Director Bariatric Endoscopy, Cleveland Clinic Florida; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, NOVA Southeastern University, Weston, Florida
Olga Tucker, MD, FRCSI
Academic Department of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Rudolf A. Weiner, MD
Professor of Surgery, Frankfurt Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Head of the Departement of Surgery of the Frankfurt Sachsenhausen Hospital, Center For Bariatric Surgery, Center for Minimally Surgery, Frankfort, Germany
Noel N. Williams, MD, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS
Director of Bariatric Program, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Natan Zundel, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Florida International University College of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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