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ASMBS News and Update—April 2012

by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Postoperative Care and the Self-Paying Patient: Sometimes Surgeons Need to Compromise to Save Patients the Expense of Presenting to the Emergency Room with Unclear Symptoms

Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: I just returned from San Diego, California, where I attended the annual meeting of the The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic

How to Place an Adjustable Gastric Band

Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Adjustable Gastric Banding: Part 1—How to Place an Adjustable Gastric Band This

Bariatric Surgery: The Road Ahead

The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative—Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Part 1: Bariatric Surgery: The Road Ahead by Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, and Randy J. Seeley, PhD Abstract

ASMBS News and Update—March 2012

by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona We

First Annual Canadian Bariatric Surgery Summit

Toronto, Ontario, December 2–3, 2011 by Karthik Raj, BA Karthik Raj is the Research Project Coordinator, Surgical Education and Innovation, Department Of Surgery, St. Michael’s-Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education

New Study Shows Lower Incidences of Cardiovascular Events and Related Fatalities in Patients with Morbid Obesity Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery Compared to Patients Treated with Medical Therapy Alone

Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: In this issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times, we deliver to you more outstanding articles and columns. If you have a