Bariatric Center Spotlight:
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Clinician Perspective:
An Interview with Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD, FACS��The Father of Obesity Surgery�

Fitness Perspective:
Embracing a New Lifestyle After Surgery: Activity and Fitness
by Marni Stevens, MS, RD

Patient Management:
The Role of the Psychological Support Group in Bariatric Care
by Cynthia L. Alexander, PsyD

Patient Perspective:
Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery�A Happy, Healthy Ending
by Robin Roginski

Review:
Anastomotic Leaks Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
by Rodrigo Gonzalez, MD; and Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS

Rodrigo Gonzalez, MD is the Director of the Bariatric Surgery Institute and in the Department of Surgery at Francisco Marroquin University School of Medicine, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Treatment Group, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.

Risk Management:
The Role of Nutrition in Reducing Liability in the Treatment of Bariatric Surgery Patients
by Janet S. McKee, MS, RD, LD/N, and Susan Tassinari, MS, RD, LD/N

Surgical Perspective:
Incision-Free Minimally Invasive Gastric Surgery
by Michael Schweitzer, MD; Anne Lidor, MD; and Thomas Magnuson, MD

Bariatric Center Spotlight:
Centers for Obesity Related Illness at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan

Clinician Perspective:
The Role of Psychology in Bariatric Care� Beyond Patient Assessment: An Interview with Melodie Moorehead, PhD
Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD, has presented internationally on the topic of bariatric surgery psychology and has specialized in bariatric surgery psychology for two decades. She is President of Drs. Moorehead, Parish & Associates in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Letter to the Editor:
Understanding that Obesity is Tracking Tobacco as the New Smoking Epidemic…
Randolph Smoak, Jr., MD

Nutrition Perspective:
Preoperative Nutritional Assessment for Bariatric Surgery Patients
by Margaret M. Furtado, MS, RD, LD/N

Patient Management:
The Exercise Prescription for the Obese Patient
by Harry Pino, PhD

Creating a Winning Weight Loss Team
by Victoria Shanta Retelny, RD, LD Patient Perspective:
Bariatric Surgery is Not About Statistics� It�s an Individual�s Decision to Live or Die
by Michael Jordan