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Helicobacter pylori: Setting the Stage for Improved Patient Outcomes with Targeted Therapies—CE and CME Accredited

Helicobacter pylori: Setting the Stage for Improved Patient Outcomes with Targeted Therapies—CE and CME Accredited

| December 1, 2022

This is a complimentary continuing education activity for nurses. Nurses earn 1.0 Contact Hour. Physicians earn 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Release Date: 12/1/22 Expiration date: 12/1/23 Click here to read the article in our digital edition.

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The Research Grant Report: Marzieh Salehi, MD

The Research Grant Report: Marzieh Salehi, MD

| December 1, 2022

by Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS; Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Omar M. Ghanem, MD, FACS Dr. Kindel is a bariatric surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Eckhouse is a bariatric surgeon at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Ghanem is a […]

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Colonic Interposition Graft as a Conduit following Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma in the Setting of Sleeve Gastrectomy

Colonic Interposition Graft as a Conduit following Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma in the Setting of Sleeve Gastrectomy

| December 1, 2022

by Salim Abunnaja, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Daniel Sprando, MD; Jad M. Abdelsattar, MD; Reima El Naili, MD; and Ghulam Abbas, MD, MHCM, FACS All authors are with the Department of Surgery, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.  Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant […]

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After 30 Years—New Guidelines for Weight Loss Surgery: Medical Groups Replace Outdated Consensus Statement that Overly Restricts Access to Modern-Day Weight Loss Surgery

After 30 Years—New Guidelines for Weight Loss Surgery: Medical Groups Replace Outdated Consensus Statement that Overly Restricts Access to Modern-Day Weight Loss Surgery

| December 1, 2022

NEWBERRY, FL – Oct. 21, 2022 – Two of the world’s leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with Type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of […]

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Autumn—The Era of the Robot

Autumn—The Era of the Robot

| December 1, 2022

by George Fielding, MD Dr. Fielding is a surgeon with NYU Langone in New York, New York. Bariatric Times. 2022;19(12):19. Is it “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer,” or is it simply, as the late, great George Harrison wrote, “All things must pass?” For, as he said, it’s true. All things […]

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A Look Ahead to Obesity Treatment in 2023

A Look Ahead to Obesity Treatment in 2023

| December 1, 2022

by Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA Dr. Fitch is the President of the Obesity Medicine Association, former Co-Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and the University of Cincinnati College of […]

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Raising the Standard: Raising the Standards with MBSAQIP: Part 5

Raising the Standard: Raising the Standards with MBSAQIP: Part 5

| December 1, 2022

by Wayne J. English, MD, FACS, FASMBS; David Provost, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Teresa LaMasters, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Richard Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS; Paul Jeffers, BS, BA; and Cassandra Peters, BA Dr. English is Co-Chair of the MBSAQIP Standards/Verification Subcommittee and Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Provost […]

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Walter Pories’s Cartoon Corner

Walter Pories’s Cartoon Corner

| December 1, 2022

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Is the House on Fire?

Is the House on Fire?

| November 1, 2022

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, With this month’s editorial, I felt like I should use this space and time to talk about burnout and […]

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Physical Inactivity and Low Protein Intake: A Recipe for Disaster

Physical Inactivity and Low Protein Intake: A Recipe for Disaster

| November 1, 2022

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, Individuals undergoing bariatric surgery are at a particularly high risk of losing excessive lean body mass, which increases the risk for the development (or worsening) […]

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