Category: Departments
Tobacco Use in Bariatrc Patients
*INCLUDES PATIENT HANDOUT* by Amy K. Windover, PhD Dr. Windover is a Psychologist at the Office of Patient Experience, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. ABSTRACT Tobacco use persists as the leading cause of preventable death worldwide and is prevalent among bariatric surgery candidates. Tobacco use is a well-documented surgical risk factor. This article reviews the […]
Introducing a New, Exclusive Interview Series: Countdown to Obesity Week 2013
Interview #1: Philip R. Schauer, MD Starting in 2013, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and The Obesity Society (TOS) will co-locate their respective annual meetings under one roof. Obesity Week™ 2013 marks the beginning of an annual collaborative event addressing obesity—a chronic and multifaceted metabolic disease. Leading up to Obesity Week […]
Thiamine Deficiency in the Bariatric Surgery Patient—a Multidisciplinary Challenge in the Clinic and the Community
This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient. by Barbara Hodges Klick, RD, MPH Barbara Hodges Klick, RD, MPH, is Program Manager, Bariatric Surgery, at the University Hospital Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and University Hospital Geauga Medical Center in Chardon, Ohio.
Endoscopic Component Separation in the Bariatric Patient
This Month’s Featured Experts Kashif A. Zuberi, MD, MRCSI Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD Department of Bariatric Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Hernia Center Hien T. Nguyen, MD, FACS Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD Department of Bariatric Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Hernia Center Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS Johns […]
Bariatric Surgery in Qatar: An Interview with Dr. Michel Gagner
Since 2003, Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS, FICS, AFC (Hon.), has been flying to and from Qatar, performing bariatric surgery on the most complex patient cases. In 2007, he was invited to take on the task of restructuring the bariatric program at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar’s capital city, Doha. He accepted the challenge […]
