CURRENT ISSUE: VOL. 20, ISSUE 7–12, JUL–DEC 2023

Farewell and Thank You!

Farewell and Thank You!

Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio; Chief, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Colleagues, As I sat down to write my last editorial for Bariatric Times, I took some time to reflect on […]

GLP-1s and the Butterfly Effect

GLP-1s and the Butterfly Effect

Jennifer C. Seger, MD, FOMA, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Readers, This morning I turned on the news to see a feature segment on the Today Show that was discussing the popularity of Ozempic (semaglutide).1 While […]

BT: A Voice for the Community

BT: A Voice for the Community

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS is the Founding Clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of General Surgery; Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute; General Surgery Residency Program Director; and Director, Fellowship in MIS and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida. Dear Readers, I […]

The Advent of Artificial Intelligence… and the Farewell of Print Media!

The Advent of Artificial Intelligence… and the Farewell of Print Media!

by Adrian G. Dan, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Dan is Medical Director, Weight Management Institute at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(7–12):8–10. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this […]

Can The “Collective Impact” Framework Model Lower Obesity Rates and Healthcare Costs Around The World?

Can The “Collective Impact” Framework Model Lower Obesity Rates and Healthcare Costs Around The World?

by Maher El Chaar, MD Dr. El Chaar is with St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. El Chaar is a speaker and consultant for Intuitive surgical, WL Gore, and  Boehringer and serves on the advisory board of FruitStreet and SurgeOn. Bariatric […]

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Analyzing the Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using BODY-Q

Analyzing the Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using BODY-Q

by Rushay Amarath-Madav, MD; Tyler Beauchamp, BS; Aditya Devarakonda, MD; Brianna Stadsvold, MD; Aaron Bolduc, MD; Lisa Renee Hilton, MD, FACS, FASMBS All authors are with Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(9–10). Published online September 25, 2023. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts […]

Can Robotic-assisted Surgery Improve the Outcomes of Revisional Metabolic and Bariatric Procedures?

Can Robotic-assisted Surgery Improve the Outcomes of Revisional Metabolic and Bariatric Procedures?

by Maher El Chaar, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Wayne B. Bauerle, MD Dr. El Chaar is with the Department of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bauerle is with the Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Funding: No funding was […]

Resolution of Obstruction in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Following Bariatric Surgery

Resolution of Obstruction in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Following Bariatric Surgery

by Paul Travers, MD; Mohamad Yamani, MD; and Victoria Gomez, MD Dr. Travers is with the Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Yamani is with the Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Gomez is with the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Funding: […]

Young International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Spotlight

Young International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Spotlight

by PD. Daniel Moritz Felsenreich, MD, PhD, FACS, FEBS; Wah Yang, MD; Halit Eren Taskin, MD; PD Sonja Chiappetta, MD, PhD; Roxanna Zakeri, MD, MBBS, MRCS, PhD; Sylvia Weiner, MD; Karin Dolezalova, MD; PD Daniel Gero, MD, PhD; and Alexandr Neimark, MD, PhD Dr. Felsenreich is with the Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General […]

Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Recurrent Gastrogastric Fistula

Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Recurrent Gastrogastric Fistula

by Carolyn G. Judge, MD; Kyle D. Gadbois, MD, FACS; and Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS Lt. Judge is with Navy Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. CDR. Gadbois is with Navy Readiness and Training Command in San Diego, California. Capt. Wisbach is Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. […]

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The Fine Line

The Fine Line

Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio; Chief, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Colleagues, This month, I’d like to highlight the great work of three of our surgery column editors.  Dr. Adrian Dan […]

Insurance Policies: A Serious Barrier to Treatment

Insurance Policies: A Serious Barrier to Treatment

Jennifer C. Seger, MD, FOMA, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Readers, With the recent increase in media coverage around obesity treatment, I thought it might be helpful to gain some perspective from someone who is working […]

Industry Partners…How Good Reps Got a Bad Rep!

Industry Partners…How Good Reps Got a Bad Rep!

by Adrian G. Dan, MD, FACS, FASMBS Column Editor Dr. Dan is Medical Director, Weight Management Institute at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]

The “Obesity Paradox”—Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

The “Obesity Paradox”—Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

by Carl Lavie Jr., MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP  Dr. Lavie is the Associate Editor and Cardiovascular Section Editor of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. He serves on over 50 editorial boards, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and American Journal of Cardiology. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts […]

Lack of Weight Loss Differences with Differing Bougie Sizes in SADI-S: A Prospectively Collected, Retrospectively Analyzed, Matched Cohort Analysis

Lack of Weight Loss Differences with Differing Bougie Sizes in SADI-S: A Prospectively Collected, Retrospectively Analyzed, Matched Cohort Analysis

by Austin Cottam, MD; Daniel Cottam, MD; Olivia Johnson; Samuel Cottam, BS; Amit Surve, MD; Christina Richards, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS All authors are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Daniel Cottam does consulting work for Medtronic outside of this work. […]

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