Category: Departments
Use of Bovine Pericardium in Complex Hernia Repair
The Hole in the Wall with Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS This Month’s Featured Expert: by Moses K. Shieh, DO, FACOS Dr. Shieh is a Bariatric Surgeon and Specialist in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery for Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Florida
Anesthetic Concerns for Performing Bariatric Surgery in a Free-standing Ambulatory Center
by Jay B. Brodsky, MD, and Jerry Ingrande, MD Dr. Brodsky is Professor (Anesthesia) and Medical Director: Perioperative Services, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California. Dr. Ingrande is Instructor (Anesthesia) and Chief of Bariatric Anesthesia Division, Stanford University Medical Center.
International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient
by Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD, DABA, and Anupama Wadhwa, MD Dr. Sinha is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wadhwa is Associate Professor, University of Louisville, Site Director, Outcomes Research Consortium, Director Of Residency Curriculum, […]
Obesity and the Brain: Implications for the Surgeon
by Kimberley E. Steele, MD, FACS; Thomas H. Magnuson, MD, FACS; Anne O. Lidor MD, MPH, FACS; Dean F. Wong, MD; and Michael A. Schweitzer, MD, FACS Drs. Steele, Magnuson, Lidor, and Schweitzer are all from the Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wong is from the Department […]
XVI Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
Hamburg, Germany, August 31—September 3, 2011 by Rudolf A. Weiner, MD Professor Weiner is President of the European Chapter of IFSO and President of the upcoming 16th World Congress of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders; Professor in Surgery, University of Frankfurt, Germany, Head of the Department for General, Visceral and […]
ASMBS News and Update—July 2011
by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.