Category: Departments
Combined Therapies for Obesity: The Dawn of a New Era!
by Adrian G. Dan, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Dan is Medical Director, Weight Management Institute at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. […]
Unintended Benefit of GLP-1 Treatment for Obesity: Resolution of Chronic Systemic Mastocytosis Symptoms
by George Woodman, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Alexander Wells, BS; Gregory A. Hanissian, MD; and Guy Voeller, MD Dr. Woodman is with Baptist Memorial Hospital–Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and Methodist Hospital Germantown in Germantown, Tennessee. Mr. Wells is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Hanissian is with […]
Welcome to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Frisco—Frisco, Texas
by Heidi Fuller Ms. Fuller is the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Frisco in Frisco, Texas. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(5–6):24–26. Experiencing an over 300-percent increase in bariatric surgical volume […]
Raising the Standard: Rescue Improvement Conference as a Place to Institute Change
by John Mihran Davis, MD, FACS; Briana Concannon, MHA, NSQIP CSCR; Steven Em, MD; and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Davis is Professor of Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York. Ms. Concannon is Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, Department of Surgery, South Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Em is […]
Patient Care Following Bariatric Surgery
by Catherine Varney, DO, FAAFP, ABOM Dr. Varney is Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(5–6):30. Postoperative patient care is a crucial component of long-term success, and […]
The Fine Line
Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio; Chief, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Colleagues, This month, I’d like to highlight the great work of three of our surgery column editors. Dr. Adrian Dan […]
Insurance Policies: A Serious Barrier to Treatment
Jennifer C. Seger, MD, FOMA, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Readers, With the recent increase in media coverage around obesity treatment, I thought it might be helpful to gain some perspective from someone who is working […]
