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Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

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One of the FIRST Centers of Excellence in the United Kingdom

The Imperial Weight Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times interviews Ahmed R. Ahmed on his facility being one of the first to achieve

Five Minutes with… Rebecca Puhl, PhD—Taking a look at weight bias and the stigma of obesity

Dr. Puhl is the Director of Research & Weight Stigma Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Introduction Despite ongoing attention

Patient Transferring Challenges

This CE activity has expired. by Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, PhD, CBN, HCRM Certified bariatric nurse, licensed healthcare risk manager, and wound ostomy continence nurse, Houston, Texas INTRODUCTION When considering

SAGES 2009 Panel Report: Best Practices for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity

by Jon Gould, MD, and Daniel Jones, MD Dr. Gould is Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Jones is Associate Professor

Ventral Hernias in the Bariatric Patient

by David S. Wernsing, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania INTRODUCTION The management of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias continues to evolve

Promoting a Physically Active Lifestyle in Bariatric Patients

by Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FAHA, FACSM Dr. Garber is with Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York. Introduction It is clear that a physically active lifestyle is important

Implementing an Evidence-based Approach to Selection of Type of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

by Geoffrey P. Kohn, MBBS, FRACS; Stephen P. Haggerty, MD, FACS; D. Wayne Overby, MD; Robert D. Fanelli, MD, FACS, FASGE; and Timothy M. Farrell, MD, FACS Drs. Kohn, Overby,

Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension

by Juan Camilo Barreto, MD; Michael G. Sarr, MD; and James M. Swain, MD All from the Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. The Problem Cirrhosis

Intussusception after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Pregnant Patient

by Daniel J. Rosen, MD; Shirlee Jaffe, MD; Lawrence Cutler, MD; Alfons Pomp, MD All from Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical

Update on Endoluminal Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity

By Amy Cha, MD; Stacy A. Brethauer MD; Aurora Pryor MD; and Bipan Chand, MD Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD This ongoing column investigates current research in the surgical and