Patient Follow Up: A Critical Component of Bariatric Surgery
by Jaime Ponce, MD, and Adam B. Smith DO, FACOS Dr. Ponce is from Dalton Surgical Group, PC, Dalton, Georgia, and Dr. Smith is from Dr. Smith Laparoscopy, Bariatrics, and
An Interview with Principal Investigators Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, and Randy Seeley, PhD About MARS The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy (MARS) is a multi-year, multi-generational research program led by
by Silvia Leite Faria, MS; orlando Pereira Faria, MD; Renato Diniz Lins, MD; and Heloisa Rodrigues de Gouvea Ms. Faria is a nutritionist from Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil and
Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient Pica: An Ancient Disorder with Modern Casualties This Month’s Contributor: Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN Ms. Goldenberg is a nutritionist at New York Presbyterian
by Susannah M. Wyles, MSc, MRCS; Sherif Hakky, MSc, MRCS; Ahmed R. Ahmed, BSc, FRCS; and Jonathan M. Cousins, BSc, FRCA
Dear Friends: I am writing to you on my flight back from Washington, DC, where I attended the 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Although
by Alëna A. Balasanova, MS III Author affiliation: Ms. Balasanova is third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Funding: There was no funding for the development of this
by Jacqueline Jacques, ND Dr. Jacqueline Jacques is a Naturopathic Doctor with more than a decade of expertise in medical nutrition. Dr Jacques has spent much of her career in
This Month’s Featured Expert: Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC Dr. Pomp is a Leon C. Hirsch Professor, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, and Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery,