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What Can I Do About a Negative Online Review?
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Vice President, Risk Management, at PRMS, Inc. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on managing legal risks associated with medical practice. The answers are provided by PRMS, Inc. (www.prms.com), a manager of medical professional liability insurance programs with services that include risk […]

Raising the Standard: Team-based Care: ProvenCare Bariatric and “Unjustified Variability”
by Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS This column is dedicated to highlighting a broad range of quality issues in bariatric surgery. Column Editors Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS Quality Director, Geisinger Surgical Institute; Director of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania Dominick Gadaleta, MD, […]

The 2018 Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS 2018)
By Lisa Hack Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Author affiliation: Ms. Hack is a freelance writer. Bariatric Times. 2018;15(10):24–25. The 2018 Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS), which took place March 6–9, 2018, at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas in […]

Effects of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate on Functional Impairment Measured on the Sheehan Disability Scale in Adults With Moderate-to-severe Binge Eating Disorder: Results from Two Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trials
by David V. Sheehan, MD, MBA; Maria Gasior, MD, PhD; Susan L. McElroy, MD; Jana Radewonuk, MSc; Barry K. Herman, MD, MMM; and James Hudson, MD, ScD Dr. Sheehan is with the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. Drs. Herman and Gasior and Ms. Radewonuk are formerly affiliated with Shire Pharmaceuticals […]