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Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Past Articles
The 14th Annual Buyers Guide, Quality in Surgery, and More

John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, Clinical Editor, Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Chief of the Section of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Past

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Obesity Medicine Fellowship Development Program Latest among Growing Educational and Training Offerings

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

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Chylous Ascites Associated With Internal Hernia After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass For Morbid Obesity: A Case Report

By Ann M. Defnet, MD; Marina Kurian, MD, and Andrea Bedrosian, MD Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to

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Combination Phentermine–Topiramate Extended Release for the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder: An Open-Label, Prospective Study

By Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW; Stephanie Williams, MS; Thomas J. Blom, MS; Nicole Mori, CNP; and Susan McElroy, MD Drs. Guerdjikova and McElroy and Ms. Mori are with the

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Limited Incision Bodylift From Head To Toe For The Massive Weight Loss Patient

By Michelle A. Shermak, MD, FACS Author affiliations: Dr. Shermak is Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Private Practice Plastic Surgeon, Lutherville, MD Funding: No funding was

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Raising The Standard: MBSAQIP: The Evolution of 100 Years of Quality Programs

By Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS This column is dedicated to highlighting a broad range of quality issues in bariatric surgery. Funding: No

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Introducing a New Column—“Raising the Standard”

Dear Friends and Readers, Welcome to the July issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. This month we are pleased to introduce a new column called “Raising the Standard,” created

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New Technology on the Horizon—“Bariatric Surgery in a Pill”

Dear Colleagues, Early last month, I came across an interesting headline—”Surgery in a Pill” Developed to Mimic Benefits of Bariatric Surgery on Type 2 Diabetes.1 In this article, researchers at

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Alarming Increase in Malpractice Claims Related to Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Post Bariatric Surgery: An Alert to Monitor for Thiamine Deficiency

by Eric DeMaria, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Christa Trigilio-Black, PA-C Dr. DeMaria is Bariatric Surgeon, Bon Secours General Surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, Virginia; President-elect, American Society for Metabolic

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