Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Editor: This letter is in response to the an article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Ludwig and Murtagh
Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2012;9(2):10–19 ABSTRACT During the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), in Orlando, Florida, June 12 to 17, 2011,
by Melissa M. Beitner, MBBS; Jonathan Cohen, MD; and Marina S. Kurian, MD Dr. Kurian and Dr. Beitner are from the Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York,
Column Editor: Laura Boyer, RN, CBN President of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS; Director of Clinical Systems for The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana in Covington, Louisiana This column
Column Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MD Dr. Jones is Vice Chair for Education, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts This ongoing
This ongoing column is dedicated to sharing with readers the life and experiences of Dr. Edward Mason. Column Editor: Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Ms. Martinez is the Program Director
Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times, I hope you had a good end-of-the-year celebration in 2011 and I wish you all a great 2012. In this first 2012
Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This Month’s Technique: Laparoscopic Antecolic-antegastric Roux-en-Y Gastro-jejunal Anastomosis using
by Robert G. Snow DO, FACOS, and John O’Dea, PhD Dr. Snow is from the American Institute of Gastric Banding, Hurst, Texas. Mr. O’Dea is from the National University of