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 year, I will be finishing my four-year term as a board member of the organization formally known as […]
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, To all the wonderful Dads out there, Happy Father’s Day! June is National Men’s Health Month, which makes the topic of this editorial fitting. Men […]
by Omar M. Ghanem, MD, FACS; Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS; Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Benjamin Clapp, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Ghanem is a bariatric surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Kindel is Associate Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Eckhouse […]
by Abdulaziz A. Arishi, MD; Jean F. Salem, MD; Pavel Burskii, MD; Jill Stoltzfus, PhD; Anthony T. Petrick, MD; Ranjan Sudan, MD; and Maher El Chaar, MD Drs. Arishi, Salem, Burskii, Stoltzfus, and El Chaar are with the Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network, Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Bethlehem, […]
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. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
by John Mihran Davis, MD, FACS; Briana Concannon, MHA, NSQIP CSCR; Steven Em, MD; and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Davis is Professor of Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York. Ms. Concannon is Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, Department of Surgery, South Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Em is […]
by Sabatino Leffe, DO; Don Decrosta, MD; Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Leffe is Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, South Shore University Hospital; Eastern Region Operations Director, Northwell Anesthesiology, Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York; and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra in […]
by Wayne J. English, MD, FACS, FASMBS; David Provost, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Teresa LaMasters, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Richard Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS; Paul Jeffers, BS, BA; and Cassandra Peters, BA Dr. English is past Co-chair of the MBSAQIP Standards/Verification Subcommittee and Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. […]
by Wayne J. English, MD, FACS, FASMBS; David Provost, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Teresa LaMasters, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Richard Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS; Paul Jeffers, BS, BA; and Cassandra Peters, BA Dr. English is past Co-chair of the MBSAQIP Standards/Verification Subcommittee and Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. […]
by Wayne J. English, MD, FACS, FASMBS; David Provost, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Teresa LaMasters, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Richard Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS; Paul Jeffers, BS, BA; and Cassandra Peters, BA Dr. English is Co-Chair of the MBSAQIP Standards/Verification Subcommittee and Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Provost […]
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. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]
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 Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]
by Adrian 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. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric […]
by Adrian 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. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times 2022;19(4):8–9 […]
by Adrian 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. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times 2022;19(1):8–9 […]
by Marina Kurian, MD, FACS, FASMBS, DABOM, DABS Dr. Kurian is Director, New York Minimally Invasive Surgery, PLLC, and Clinical Professor of Surgery, NYU Langone Health in New York, New York. Funding: This supplement was sponsored by Medtronic. Disclosures: Dr. Kurian is a speaker for Vivus. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(5–6 Suppl):S10–S11. Key Points Anti-obesity medications (AOMs) […]
by Katherine Kendrick, MD, and Shanu N. Kothari, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Kendrick is with the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Prisma Health Upstate-Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Kothari is with University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and Prisma Health Upstate in Greenville, South Carolina. Funding: This supplement was sponsored […]
by Gregg H. Jossart, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Jossart is Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California. Funding: This supplement was sponsored by Medtronic. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(5–6 Suppl 1):S6–S7. Key Points Reflux, esophagitis, and hiatal […]
by Helmuth T. Billy, MD Dr. Billy is with Ventura Advanced Surgical Associates in Ventura, California; Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, California; and Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, California. Funding: This supplement was sponsored by Medtronic. Disclosures: Dr. Billy is a speaker for Medtronic, Lexington […]
