An interview with Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
2010–2011 President of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

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An Interview with Principal Investigators
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, and Randy Seeley, PhD

About MARS
The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy (MARS) is a multi-year, multi-generational research program led by Ethicon Endo-Surgery to understand the physiologic and metabolic changes that occur after bariatric surgery (i.e., how bariatric surgery works to resolve conditions such as type 2 diabetes). The approach is to deconstruct current procedures in order to understand their mechanism of action and then leverage this understanding to reinvent less invasive and less expensive treatments for patients suffering from obesity and related health issues. Read the rest of this article »

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An Interview with Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, FACS

Dr. Nguyen is from University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Nguyen reports no financial disclosures relevant to the content of this interview. Read the rest of this article »

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An interview with John Baker, MD, President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Dr. John Baker runs a private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is Medical Director, Baptist Health Weight Loss Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, and co-director of the Baptist Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program, Little Rock, Arkansas. Read the rest of this article »

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An Interview with Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Dr. Ponce is the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgery program at Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Georgia and Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the Chair of the ASMBS Insurance Committee, Vice-President of the ASMBS Tennessee State Chapter, and Member-At-Large of the ASMBS Executive Council. Dr. Ponce has extensive experience with the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band procedure.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(3):16–17

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Bariatric Times. 2009;6(11):14–15.

The staff and Editorial Advisory Board of Bariatric Times interviewed Dr. Scott Shikora, exiting president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Here’s what he has to say on his experiences and challenges as the ASMBS 2009 president and his thoughts on the future of bariatric surgery. Read the rest of this article »

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