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Category: History of Bariatric Surgery
My Experience Performing the First Telesurgical Procedure in the World

by Jacques Himpens, MD, PhD Watch the Video: Robotic Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Jacques Himpens, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery and Chief

The History of Bariatric Surgery: 38 Years Dedicated to Bariatric Surgery

by Rafael F. Capella, MD, FACS Dr. Rafael F. Capella was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the New Jersey Medical School of Newark, New Jersey, and a founding

The History of Bariatric Surgery: My 50 Years with Surgical Treatment of Diabesity

by John G. Kral, MA, MD, PhD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies, Brooklyn, New York.

Changing Paradigms with Metabolic Surgery Research

Dr. Ricardo Cohen is the Director of The Center for Obesity and Diabetes at Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is also former President of the Brazilian

The History of Bariatric Surgery: Introducing a New Bariatric Procedure: Clinical Trials of Gastric Banding

by Paul O’Brien, MD, FRAS Dr. Paul O’Brien is the head of the Centre for Bariatric Surgery in Melbourne, Australia, and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Monash University. He was

The History of Bariatric Surgery: A Life in Metabolic Surgery

by Mervyn Deitel, MD, FASMBS, FACN, CRCSc, FICS Dr. Deitel pioneered intravenous hyper-alimentation (total parenteral nutrition) at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto in 1967 and began bariatric surgery in

The History of Bariatric Surgery: Forty Years in Bariatric Surgery

by Mathias A.L. (MAL) Fobi, MD, FACS, FICS, FACN, FASMBS Dr. Mathias A.L. Fobi is a senior staff surgeon at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was

The History of Bariatric Surgery: My Life in Metabolic Surgery

by Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD Dr. Henry Buchwald is from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2015;12(7):12–14. This column is dedicated to telling the stories

The History of Bariatric Surgery: Innovations in Weight Loss Surgery

by George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, MS, FACS Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2015;12(6):12–15. This column is dedicated to to telling the stories of leaders who have helped shaped the

The History of Bariatric Surgery: What I Learned About Stomach Surgery

by Edward E. Mason MD, PhD Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2015;12(5):14–15. This column is dedicated to to telling the stories of leaders who have helped shaped the field of