Category: Departments
How to Perform an Evaluation and Reduction of Internal Hernia Via a Laparoscopic Single Incision
Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures. This Month’s Technique: How to Perform an Evaluation and Reduction of Internal Hernia Via a Laparoscopic Single Incision This Month’s Featured Expert: Michael A. Schweitzer, MD, Department […]
New Column—Ed Mason at Large
This ongoing column is dedicated to sharing with readers the life and experiences of Dr. Edward Mason. Welcome from Column Editor Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN It is with great honor and delight to coordinate this new column “Ed Mason at Large.” For those who know Dr Mason, it will be enlightening to learn more […]
New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery
Knoxville, Tennessee by Jama Stinnett, LPN, CPH, Office Manager, New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Management of Paraesophageal Hernias in Patients with Morbid Obesity
by Elizabeth Paulus, MD; Aziz M. Merchant, MD; and Edward Lin, DO, FACS Drs. Paulus and Merchant are from Synergy-Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Saginaw, Michigan; Dr. Lin is from Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Emory Endosurgery Unit, Atlanta, Georgia.
Taking the Battle for Access to Washington, DC
The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), and Their Partners Educate Elected Officials and Policymakers on the Importance of Access to Bariatric Surgery by Joe Nadglowski Joe Nadglowski is President and CEO of the OAC and Executive Director of the ASMBS Foundation. Bariatric Times. 2011;8(11):14–15
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Acknowledging a Knowledge Gap while Providing Needed Healthcare
by Marc P. Michalsky, MD, and Thomas H. Inge, MD
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