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Spotlight on Technology December 2024

Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Past Articles
Momentum Growing for Action on Obesity Care!

by Christopher Gallagher Mr. Gallagher is a Washington Policy Consultant for the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), The Obesity Society (TOS), American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), and Obesity

Did Naming Obesity a Disease Improve the Outlook for People Living with It?

by Theodore K. Kyle, RPh, MBA, and Joseph F. Nadglowski, JR., BS Mr. Kyle is with ConscienHealth in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Nadglowski is with the Obesity Action Coalition in Tampa,

Raising the Standard: Healthcare Worker Wellbeing During COVID-19: The State of The Literature: Part 1

by Kristen Demertzis, PhD, ABPP-CN; Rebecca M. Schwartz, PhD; and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Demertzis is the Chief of Neuropsychology at South Shore University Hospital and the Director

Glucagon…More Than a GI Hormone for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

by Brandon M. Smith, MD; Logan T. Mellert, DO; Ashley Shoemaker, MA; and Adrian G. Dan, MD, FACS, FASMBS Drs. Smith, Mellert, and Dan and Ms. Shoemaker are with the

Eating Disorders After Bariatric Surgery: Warning Signs and Risk Factors

by Abby Bleistein, MD, DOMA Dr. Bleistein is the founder and director of Healthful Life MD in Golden, Colorado; is with Eating Recovery Center in Denver, Colorado; is board-certified in

Lights, Camera, Action!

Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, is the Co-clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio; Chief, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery UT

Treating Obesity Comprehensively…Now is the Time

Jennifer C. Seger, MD, FOMA, is the Co-clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio,

Missouri State Chapter of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

by Magdy F. Giurgius, MD, MBChB, MSc, FACS Dr. Girurgius is with Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Missouri. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of

Does the Number of Follow-ups After Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy Influence Weight Loss?

by Amit Surve, MD; Samuel Cottam, CNA; Daniel Cottam, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS; Christina Richards, MD, FACS; and Legrand Belnap, MD Drs. Surve, Daniel Cottam, Medlin, Richards, and Belnap