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Category: Past Articles
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

By Ismael Court, MD; Omar Bellorin, MD; Fernando Dip, MD; Christopher DuCoin, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS; and Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS All from the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute,

Clinical Pearls in Managing Bariatric Surgical Emergencies

by J.K. Champion, MD, FACS Dr. Champion is Director of Bariatric Surgery, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA and Clinical Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia. Introduction Bariatric

Single Port Access (SPA) Gastric Band Placement

by Erica R. Podolsky, MD, Wade Naziri, MD, and Paul G. Curcillo II, MD Drs. Podolsky and Curcillo are from Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Consultant’s Corner: Understanding Bariatric Risk—A Legal, Clinical, and Customer Service Focus

by James W. Saxton, JD; Maggie M. Finkelstein, JD; and Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, PhD

The Duodenal Switch Revisited

by Daniel J. Rosen, MD, and Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS Both from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. Introduction It has been

Combined Liver Resection and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for a Giant Hepatic Hemangioma: A case report and review of the literature

by Manuel Cáceres, MD; David. A. Geller, MD, FACS; and Carol A. McCloskey, MD, FACS Drs. Cáceres and McCloskey are from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Division of Minimally Invasive

Conveying Empathy: Why Are We Still Struggling?

by Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Background There are an estimated 93 million Americans who are obese and an estimated 12 million suffering from morbid obesity. This life-threatening disease in

Insights in Interventional Diabetology: Generations of Work Coming Together

An Interview with: Dr. Walter Pories,Professor of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Greenville, North Carolina, Past President, ASMBS Dr. Neil Hutcher, Commonwealth Surgeons, Ltd., Richmond,

Book Review of Bradley The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Eating

Bradley The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Eating by Linda Trainor, Illustrated by John Ewing.

On the Air with… David B. Sarwer, PhD

Interviewed by Cynthia Alexander, PsyD When Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times asked me to interview Dr. David Sarwer, I jumped at the chance. There are only a handful of psychologists