By Amy Cha, MD; Stacy A. Brethauer MD; Aurora Pryor MD; and Bipan Chand, MD

Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD

This ongoing column investigates current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment and educates bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, concrete information on emerging technologies in the field. The second article in 2009’s Emerging Technologies series is authored by Dr. Amy Cha, Dr. Stacy A. Brethauer, and Dr. Bipan Chand, all from the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Aurora Pryor from the Duke Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.Column Editor, Dr. Marc Bessler, a leading authority in the surgical treatment of obesity,  is the Surgical Director, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Obesity Surgery, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.  Read the rest of this article »

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by Jenny Choi, MD; Luca Milone, MD; and Column Editor Marc Bessler, MD

This ongoing column investigates current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment and educates bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, concrete information on emerging technologies in the field. The first article in 2009’s Emerging Technologies series is authored by our Column Editor, DR. MARC BESSLER, a leading authority in the surgical treatment of obesity, and his colleagues.

Dr. Bessler is the Surgical Director, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Obesity Surgery, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York. Read the rest of this article »

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by Scott Shikora, MD, FACS

Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD

Dr. Shikora is Professor of Surgery, Chief of MIS, General, and Bariatric Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts; and President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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by Rebecca P. Petersen, MD, MSc; Bipan Chand, MD; and Aurora D. Pryor, MD

The second article in this series is written by DRs. rebecca P. Petersen and Aurora D. Pryor, from the Duke Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and DR. BIPAND CHAND, from the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Marc Bessler, a leading authority in the surgical treatment of obesity, is the Column Editor of this series, and Surgical Director, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Center, for Obesity Surgery, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.

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by Daniel M. Herron, MD and Adheesh Sabnis, MD

Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD

The following is the first column in a series that will appear quarterly in Bariatric Times. This column will investigate current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment, and will educate bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, concrete information in the field of obesity treatment.

The leadoff article in this series is written by Dr. Daniel M. Herron and Dr. Adheesh Sabnis, from the Section of Bariatric Surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Marc Bessler, a leading authority in the surgical treatment of obesity, is the Column Editor of this series, and Surgical Director, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Obesity Surgery, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York. He has spoken at numerous forums and has published on a variety of topics pertaining to surgical management of obesity.

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