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Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Bariatric Surgery
News and Notes from the February 2020 Issue of BT

by John M. Morton, MD, MPH, MHA, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM Clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Vice-Chair of Quality and Division Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery

National Heart Month: Wear Red but Think Weight Loss!

by Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP Co-clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity

Nasogastric Tube Perforation Masquerading as a Delayed Gastric Sleeve Leak

by David J. Morrell, MD; Samantha R. Witte, MD; Gustavo Bello, MD, FACS; Ann M. Rogers, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE Drs. Morrell, Rogers, and

Preoperative Weight Control Strategies Impact Postoperative Outcomes

by Bridget A. Hannon, MS; Katie N. Robinson, PhD, RD, MPH; Blair Rowitz, MD; Uretz Oliphant, MD; Sharon M. Donovan, PhD, RD; and Margarita Teran-Garcia, MD, PhD, FTOS Ms. Hannon

Raising the Standard: Using Supply Chain to Drive Quality

by Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Petrick is Quality Director, Geisinger Surgical Institute; Director of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery, Geisinger Health System,

Hemostasis Techniques in Bariatric Surgery

by Frank Villa, MD, and Bipan Chand, MD, MBA Drs. Villa and Chand are with the Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. Funding: No funding was

Beyond BMI: How Surgeons Can Better Assess Patients with Obesity

by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA, DABOM Dr. Primack is Medical Bariatrician/Certified Medical Obesity Specialist/Co-medical Director, Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and President of the Obesity

Confronting the Three “A’s” of Healthcare—Autonomy, Accumulation, and Access

by John M. Morton, MD, MPH, MHA, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM Clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Vice-Chair of Quality and Division Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Make Your New Year’s Resolution to Stick with it Until the Fourth of July

by Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP Co-Clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity