by Adrienne Youdim, MD Dr. Youdim is Medical Director, Comprehensive Weight Loss Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of
Dear Readers: As I write this message, I am preparing for the 9th Annual Surgery of the Foregut Symposium being held February 14 to 17, 2010, in Coral Gables, Florida.
Dear Readers: It is with great pleasure that I introduce a new format for Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times as it becomes available in both print and a new digital
by Gregg H. Jossart, MD, FACS; Gary Anthone, MD, FACS Dr. Jossart is Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California. Dr. Anthone is Director Bariatric Surgery
by Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS; Christina Li, MD; Marvin Tan, MD; Adrian Barbul, MD Dr. Gandsas is Professor of Surgery, Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine
by Ricardo Cohen, MD; Marcelo Cerdan Torres, MD Drs. Cohen and Torres are from the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz and
by Ninh T. Nguyen, MD; Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD; James Gray, BS; and Brian R. Smith, MD Drs. Nguyen, Hinojosa, and Smith and Mr. Gray are from the Department of
This month’s dilemma: Internal hernias following gastric bypass operations This month’s expert: Alan Wittgrove, MD, FASMBS Dr. Wittgrove is Medical Director, Bariatric Program, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California.
Dear Readers: In this issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times, we present three articles that discuss frequent medical conditions that relate to the obesity disease and bariatric surgery. These
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