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Treating Patients with “DIABESITY”: Challenges and Opportunities

Treating Patients with “DIABESITY”: Challenges and Opportunities

| May 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Christopher Still Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Co-Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Still is also a board member of the Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida. Dear Colleagues, When patients […]

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Discussing Surgical Complications: Bowel Obstructions among the Most Feared

Discussing Surgical Complications: Bowel Obstructions among the Most Feared

| April 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Chief of Staff, 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 […]

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Medical and Surgical Under One Roof: How Obesity Medicine Specialists and Surgeons Work Together

Medical and Surgical Under One Roof: How Obesity Medicine Specialists and Surgeons Work Together

| April 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Christopher Still Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Co-Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Still is also a board member of the Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida. Dear Colleagues, In my […]

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We are Challenged to Make Surgery Affordable While Maintaining Quality and Outcomes

We are Challenged to Make Surgery Affordable While Maintaining Quality and Outcomes

| March 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Chief of Staff, 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 […]

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Non-surgical Obesity Therapies

The Cost-Effectiveness of Non-surgical Obesity Therapies

| March 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Christopher Still Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Co-Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Still is also a board member of the Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida. Dear Colleagues, In this […]

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Reducing Readmissions after Bariatric Surgery: An Important Focus for the Bariatric Community

Reducing Readmissions after Bariatric Surgery: An Important Focus for the Bariatric Community

| February 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Chief of Staff, 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 […]

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Why I Love What I Do:  The Turn of Events that Led Me to Obesity Medicine

Why I Love What I Do: The Turn of Events that Led Me to Obesity Medicine

| February 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Christopher Still Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Co-Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Still is also a board member of the Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida. Dear Readers, This month, […]

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Helping Patients Stick to New Year’s Resolutions: Setting Realistic Goals and Expectations

Helping Patients Stick to New Year’s Resolutions: Setting Realistic Goals and Expectations

| January 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Christopher Still Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Co-Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Still is also a board member of the Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida. Dear Readers, First, I’d […]

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Bariatric Times Welcomes Dr. Christopher Still, Obesity Medicine Expert, as Co-Clinical Editor

Bariatric Times Welcomes Dr. Christopher Still, Obesity Medicine Expert, as Co-Clinical Editor

| January 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Message from Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times; Chief of Staff, 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 […]

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Will 2015 Bring Intragastric Balloon Approval to the United States? Start Preparing for This New Treatment Modality

| December 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

Dear Friends and Colleagues: With the holiday season upon us, and 2015 around the corner, it seems like Obesity Week 2014 was a long time ago. For those of you who were unable to attend, let me summarize this event as the most powerful one I have ever attended. Obesity Week 2014 drew over 5,000 […]

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