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Category: Bariatric Surgery
ASMBS News and Update—April 2011

by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President-Elect of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale

Letters to the Editor: Surgeons Should Exercise Caution When Performing SILS

Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Editor: I was duly impressed with the advanced laparoscopic skills demonstrated by the authors of the article “Single-incision Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy” in your February

Routine Preoperative EGD, UGI, and H. pylori Screening: Are They Necessary?

by Tony Chan, MD; Sheela Patel; and Amir Mehran, MD Drs. Chan and Mehran, and Ms. Patel are all from the Matabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program, University of California Los

Psychiatric Medications and Weight Gain: A Review

by Thomas Rosko, MD Dr. Rosko is Director, Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Financial disclosure: Dr. Rosko is on the Speaker’s

Following Through: The Role of Intention in Physical Activity Adherence with Post-bariatric Surgery Recommendations

by Robin M. Stoops, MA, MS, CPT, and Cynthia L. Alexander, PsyD Ms. Stoops and Dr. Alexander are from Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida. Financial disclosure: Ms. Stoops and Dr.

Vitamin D: Its Role and Management in the Bariatric Patient

Nazy Zarshenas, BSc, MND, APD Ms. Zarshenas is a Senior Clinical Dietician at St. George Private Hospital, St. George Upper GI Unit, Sydney, Australia Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2011;8(3):22–23

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders—IFSO XV WORLD CONGRESS

Long Beach, California, September 3 to 7, 2010 by Harry B. Frydenberg, MD Dr. Frydenberg is the Immediate Past President, IFSO Director, Epworth Centre for Bariatric Surgery, Melbourne, Australia. Metabolic

ASMBS News and Update—March 2011

by Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President-Elect of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Editorial Message—Worldwide Obesity Rates Doubled Over Past Three Decades: Dietary Habits and Physical Activity Partly to Blame

Dear friends, colleagues, and readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: As I opened Google news this morning, I found an article in the healthcare news section entitled “Worldwide Obesity