Category: Departments
Urinary Calculi and Bariatric Surgery
by Carolyn F. Langford, DO; Verena Mueller; and Gamal M. Ghoniem, MD, FACS All from Cleveland Clinic Florida
Resolution of Fibromyalgia Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
by Michael J. Boros, MD; Mohamed H. Elgamal, MD; and Alan A. Saber, MD, MS, FACS Dr. Boros is Chief Surgical Resident, Dr. Elgamal is Surgical Resident, and Dr. Saber is Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery—All with Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Malpractice Preventative Maintenance: Record Protocols and Happy Lawyers
by Julie M. Janeway, BBA, MSA, JD From Little Victories™ Medical/Legal Consulting & Training, Onondaga, Michigan
Matrix Medical Communications Receives Nursing Accreditation
Edgemont, PA—July 5, 2007 —Matrix Medical Communications today announced that the company has been approved as an accredited provider of nursing credits by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Bariatric Times to be published monthly in 2008!
Edgemont, PA (August 20, 2007) – Matrix Medical Communications, publishers of Bariatric Times, holds as one of its highest priorities the rapid communication of information that aids healthcare professionals in better caring for the obese and morbidly obese patient. While there are several researched based journals serving the surgical market, only Bariatric Times provides the […]
Regarding Alcohol Use and Health Risks: Survey Results
Dear Bariatric Times Editor: I noted with interest the article by Cynthia Buffington, PhD, entitled, “Alcohol Use and Health Risks: Survey Results,” which appeared in the March 2007 issue of Bariatric Times.[1] Recent inquiries to the International Bariatric Surgery Registry (IBSR) from patients or family members have been requests for information regarding the incidence of […]
Energy Metabolism and Biochemistry of Obesity
by Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD; Daniel Leslie, MD; Bryan A. Whitson, MD; and Todd A. Kellogg, MD, PhD All from the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This article serves as an update of an article on the same topic published in Bariatric Times in September, 2005. (Ikramuddin S, Kellogg, TA. Energy Metabolism and […]
Thighlift After Bariatric Body Contouring Surgery
by Michele Shermak, MD, FACS Dr. Shermak is Chief of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
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