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
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
This activity has expired. Course Overview Bariatric surgery has become the mainstay treatment for obesity with many thousands procedures performed annually. This article highlights the physiopathology, risks factors, clinical presentation,
by Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Petrick is the Quality Director at Geisinger Surgical Institute and Director of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery
by Daniel Prior, DO; Thomas Magnuson, MD; Gina Adrales, MD; Hien Nguyen, MD; Alisa Coker, MD; and Michael Schweitzer, MD Drs. Prior, Magnuson, Adrales, Nguyen, Coker, and Schweitzer are with
by Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH, FTOS Dr. Vash is the past executive medical director of The Lindora Medical Clinics and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA Medical
John M. Morton, MD, MPH Clinical Editor of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times; Chair, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), American College of Surgeons, Past President, American
By Christopher Still 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
This activity expired April 1, 2021. Course Overview All healthcare providers involved in the perioperative management of the bariatric surgical patient should be familiar with the signs and symptoms of