by Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS, and Gary M. Pratt

Dr. Pories is from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, and Mr. Pratt is from Surgical Review Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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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 Anirban Gupta, MD; Michael A. Schweitzer, MD; Kimberley E. Steele, MD; Anne O. Lidor, MD; and Jerome Lyn-Sue, MD
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