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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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Autumn—The Era of the Robot

Autumn—The Era of the Robot

| December 1, 2022

by George Fielding, MD Dr. Fielding is a surgeon with NYU Langone in New York, New York. Bariatric Times. 2022;19(12):19. Is it “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer,” or is it simply, as the late, great George Harrison wrote, “All things must pass?” For, as he said, it’s true. All things […]

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Early Experience: Bariatric Emergency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Early Experience: Bariatric Emergency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

| April 1, 2020

by SABER GHIASSI, MD, MPH Dr. Ghiassi is with the Division of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Bariatric Times. 2020;17(4):19. I checked the electronic medical records as soon as I received a call from the consult resident regarding a 59 year-old female […]

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Letter to the Editor: Tackling Weight Bias from All Sources

Letter to the Editor: Tackling Weight Bias from All Sources

| May 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

by Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH, FTOS Dr. Vash is the past executive medical director of The Lindora Medical Clinics and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA Medical Center. He has served as president for the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP), now known as the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), and has served […]

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Medical tourism: A Financial and  Ethical Problem in Bariatric Surgery

Medical tourism: A Financial and Ethical Problem in Bariatric Surgery

| October 1, 2017 | 0 Comments

Funding/financial disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter. No funding was received for the preparation of this letter. Bariatric Times. 2017;14(10):10–11. Dear Bariatric Times Editor: I saw a patient in the office for a weight loss consultation the other day. She met all of the criteria for […]

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Intravenous Micronutrient Therapy (IMNT) for Gastric Bypass Patients: A Solution to Complications of an Often Unrecognized Problem

Intravenous Micronutrient Therapy (IMNT) for Gastric Bypass Patients: A Solution to Complications of an Often Unrecognized Problem

| July 1, 2017 | 0 Comments

A letter to the Editor from Dr. Terrence M. Fullum Terrence M. Fullum, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Medical Director, Howard University Center for Wellness and Weight Loss Surgery, Washington, DC Funding: No funding was received for the preparation of this letter. Financial Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest […]

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A Comment on Checklists in Bariatric Surgery Vitamin Deficiency after Bariatric Surgery: Parts 1 and 2

A Comment on Checklists in Bariatric Surgery Vitamin Deficiency after Bariatric Surgery: Parts 1 and 2

| January 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

Dear Bariatric Times Editor: This letter is in response to the Checklists in the Bariatric Surgery series, specifically Checklist #22 published in the July 2014 issue and Checklist #23 published in the August 2014 issue.[1,2] Since these two checklists were designed to equip bariatric providers with an easy reference guide to use when treating and […]

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Body Contouring Procedures Could Contribute to the Long-term Success of Bariatric Patients in Maintaining Weight Loss

| July 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

Dear Bariatric Times Editor: As the number of bariatric procedures being performed has increased, so has the number of patients presenting for body contouring procedures after significant weight loss. Despite the desire of many post-bariatric patients to undergo these procedures, only 21 percent of patients actually undergo them.[1] Several barriers contribute to this low number, […]

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Accredited Bariatric Centers and Access for Medicare Patients

| April 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

Dear Bariatric Times Editor:

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NEJMx2

NEJMx2

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

NEJMx2 Dear Bariatric Times Editor: In March, the New England Journal of Medicine published two important, prospective, randomized, and controlled series[1,2] that compared the outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) treated with intensive medical therapy versus a similar cohort treated with bariatric surgery.

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