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Welcome to R&R Surgical Institute—Torrance, California

Welcome to R&R Surgical Institute—Torrance, California

| November 1, 2023

by Ramin Roohipour, MD; Jillian Angelo Caccamo, MS, MD; and Qemal Shaholli Dr. Roohipour is Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, R&R Surgical Institute in Torrance, California. Dr. Angelo Caccamo is with R&R Surgical Institute in Torrance, California. Mr. Shaholi is Chief Operating Officer, R&R Surgical Institute in Torrance, California. Funding: No funding was provided. […]

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Readers’ Choice: The Most-viewed Articles of All Time

Readers’ Choice: The Most-viewed Articles of All Time

| November 1, 2023

These were the 10 most-accessed articles on www.bariatrictimes.com. Risk Management: Depositions: What Your Lawyer May Have Forgotten to Tell You Author: Julie M. Janeway, BBA, MSA, JD Issue: May 2007 Commentary: Piranha in the Shark Tank: An Overview of Pseudo Health Claims, Unregulated Weight Loss Supplements, and Modern Pharmaceutical Intervention for the Treatment of Obesity […]

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Raising the Standard: The Finale

Raising the Standard: The Finale

| November 1, 2023

by Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Petrick is Chief Quality Officer, Geisinger Clinic; Director of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery, Geisinger Health System in, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gadaleta is Vice Chair of Surgery, Northwell Health, and Professor of Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York. Funding: […]

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Letter to the Editor: A Response to “Are We Missing Another Opportunity?”

Letter to the Editor: A Response to “Are We Missing Another Opportunity?”

| November 1, 2023

by Edward H. Phillips, MD, FACS Dr. Phillips is Professor of Surgery; Vice Chair, Department of Surgery; Chair Holder, Dolly Parton Chair in Surgical Innovation, Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the contents of this […]

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Anti-obesity Pharmacotherapy: Where Do We Stand in 2023?

Anti-obesity Pharmacotherapy: Where Do We Stand in 2023?

| November 1, 2023

by Harold Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC Dr. Bays is Medical Director/President, Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. […]

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Reader Feedback/Memories and a Message from the Managing Editor

Reader Feedback/Memories and a Message from the Managing Editor

| November 1, 2023

BT Reader Feedback/Memories We reached out to the BT reader community for their thoughts on what the journal meant to them, how it impacted their practice, or any memories they have of it. Below are select responses: “Bariatric Times allowed for stories to grow and education to be forthcoming. As a patient-provider, this publication allowed […]

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Walter Pories’s Cartoon Corner

Walter Pories’s Cartoon Corner

| November 1, 2023

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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

| September 25, 2023

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 […]

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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?

| August 14, 2023

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 […]

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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

| August 10, 2023

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: […]

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