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Category: Past Articles
Obesity Medicine Association’s Overcoming Obesity Conference Highlights Trending Topics in Obesity Medicine

by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA, DABOM Dr. Primack is Medical Bariatrician/Certified Medical Obesity Specialist/Co-medical Director, Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and President of the Obesity

Walk from Obesity: Raising Funds in Philadelphia—Summer 2019

by Kimberly Knipe, MBA, RD, LDN Ms. Knipe is HUP Bariatric Program Coordinator, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Funding: No funding was provided Disclosures: The

Addressing the Parallel Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics in our Practices

by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA, DABOM Dr. Primack is Medical Bariatrician/Certified Medical Obesity Specialist/Co-medical Director, Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and President of the Obesity

ObesityWeek 2019 and a New Featured Interview Series

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

What Happens in Vegas I Hope Will Not Stay in Vegas!

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

Management of Long-Term Complications of Gastric Banding and Gastric Balloon

by Christine Ren Fielding, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Ren Fielding is Professor of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Bariatric/Minimally Invasive Surgery; and Director, NYU Langone Weight Management

Percutaneous Decompressive Jejunostomy for Treatment of Biliary Limb Obstruction After Duodenal Switch­—Case Report

by David F. Greenbaum, MD, FACS, and Gaurav Sharma, MD Drs. Greenbaum and Sharma are with the Department of Bariatric Surgery, Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Funding:

IFSO: A Closer Look at a Global Network of Bariatric Surgeons, Part 1

Lilian Kow, BMBS, PhD, FRACS Director Adelaide Bariatric Centre; President International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Prof. Luigi Angrisani, MD Senior Consultant, IRCCS Multimedica, Istituto

Raising the Standard: Promoting the Culture of Patient and Staff Safety in Bariatric Surgery

by Charmaine V. Gentles, DNP, ANP-BC, RNFA, and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ms. Gentles is the Program Manager, Bariatric Surgery North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health and RNFA Program

HIPAA Compliance: A Common Sense Approach

by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Vice President, Risk Management at PRMS, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors reports