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Category: Editorial Message
Welcome to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times,

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Decision to Nix Accreditation Requirement a Major Setback to Our Patients, Specialty, and Society

Dear Readers: Welcome to another great edition of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. In this month’s “Checklists in Bariatric Surgery,” I decided to include the Cleveland Clinic Florida classification of

Counting Down to Obesity Week 2013: We Hope to See You There

Dear Readers: Welcome to another exciting edition of our magazine. I just returned from the 18th World Congress of the International Federation for The Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

Presenting the 9th Annual Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Buyers Guide

Dear Readers: Time is moving fast and we are only four months away from our first Obesity Week Clinical Congress in Atlanta, Georgia. I recommend, if you are planning to

Comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Proposed Decision on the Centers of Excellence (COE)/Accreditation Requirement for Medicare Patients: Hoping They Reconsider

Dear Colleagues: I am starting this editorial with mixed feelings. I am happy and excited that the American Medical Association (AMA) has finally recognized obesity as a disease process. This

The World Health Organization (WHO) Issues New Recommendations to Fight Childhood Obesity

Dear readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: In this issue, we first present an interview with Dr. Wayne English in our “Ask the Leadership” column. Dr. English shares with

Surgical Education is in Crisis: Call for All Alumni to Get Involved, Contribute to the Foundation for Surgical Fellowships

Dear readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: I just returned from Baltimore, Maryland, after attending the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Issue Updated Guidelines Outlining Optimal Management of Bariatric Surgery Patient Care

Dear friends, colleagues, and readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: As we get ready for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 29th annual meeting in Baltimore,

Introducing “Ask the Leadership.” This month ASMBS President-Elect Dr. Ninh Nguyen Discusses the Controversy Surrounding Accredited Bariatric Centers

Dear friends, colleagues, and readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: With the advent of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and the previous popularity and, in my opinion, excessive use of

“Medicine is Changing and So Should We:” Commentary on the New Proposed Guidelines of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

Dear friends, colleagues, and readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: By now you may be familiar with the controversy that was recently unleashed following the release of the new