Category: Past Articles
Contrave: A New Tool for the Medical Weight Loss Community
This column is dedicated to providing information on the medical management of obesity, which includes diet, exercise, behavioral change, and medication. Column Editors: Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, Medical Bariatrician/Certified Medical Obesity Specialist/Co-Medical Director, Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC, Scottsdale, Arizona Wendy Scinta, MD, MS, FAAFP, Medical Director, Medical Weight Loss of NY, BOUNCE Program […]
Checklist #27: Legal Issues in Bariatric Surgery
by Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS Column Editor Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS Clinical Editor, Bariatric Times, Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of General Surgery; Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute; Director, General Surgery Residency Program and Fellowship in […]
The Medical Student Notebook: Bariatric Nutrition
This column is written by medical students and is dedicated to reviewing the science behind obesity and bariatric surgery. Lesson #2 discusses pathophysiology, clinical consequences, and management of nutritional changes in the bariatric patient. Column Editor: Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vice Chair, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center […]
ASMBS Foundation News and Update—December 2014
by Connie Stillwell Ms. Stillwell is the Executive Director of the ASMBS Foundation. As 2014 comes to a close, we would like to thank everyone who has supported the ASMBS Foundation this year. Since the Foundation’s inception, your support and contributions has helped us raise $7.5 million to continue our mission of supporting ASMBS research […]
