Category: Departments
Single-incision Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
by Koji Park, MD; John Afthinos, MD; James McGinty, MD; Ninan Koshy, MD; and Julio Teixeira, MD Financial Disclosure: Dr. Teixeira is a consultant for Allergan, Inc. and Covidien. Author Affiliation: Dr. Teixeira is from St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
ASMBS News and Update—February 2011
ASMBS President testifies at the Institute of Medicine on behalf of the ASMBS, the Obesity Society, and the Obesity Action Coalition The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been tasked by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to define the criteria and methods for establishing essential benefits and updating them in the state insurance exchanges. […]
Insulin Resistance and the use of Metformin: Effects on Body Weight
by Ruchi Mathur, MD, FRCPC Dr. Mathur is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California. Bariatric Times. 2011;8(1):10–12
Eleventh Annual Conference on Obesity: Practical Approaches and Guidelines to Treatment
Orlando, Florida, September 24–26, 2010 by Michel Murr, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Michel Murr is a professor of surgery at the University of South Florida and director of bariatric and metaboloic surgery at Tampa General Hospital. Bariatric Times. 2011;8(1):15
