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Category: Past Articles
Micronutrient and Macronutrient Needs in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients

by Dana Swilley, RD Ms. Swilley is with the Section of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, UCLA Division of General Surgery

Five Minutes with…Joan Carroll, PhD

A New Link: Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and Reduction in Insulin Resistance Dr. Joan Carroll is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of North Texas

Discussing Obesity and the Law with Walter Lindstrom

Mr. Lindstrom is from the Obesity Law and Advocacy Center, the first practice of its kind and the leading advocate for the rights of persons suffering from obesity and morbid

Introduction to Body Contouring after Bariatric Surgery

by Constance M. Chen, MD, MPH; Lidie Lajoie, BA; Robert T. Grant, MD; and Jason A. Spector, MD From the Division of Plastic Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New

1st Annual Metabolic Surgery Summit

by Melissa Cuesta-Gonzalez, LPN Ms. Cuesta-Gonzalez is Bariatric Coordinator, Surgical Weight Loss Institute, Coral Gables, Florida.

Book Review: Life After Gastric Bypass

Reviewed by Giselle G. Hamad, MD, FACS Dr. Hamad is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Obesity Surgery, UPMC Weight Management Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital: Nashville, Tennessee

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. The Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital currently has four surgeons, four nurses, and 11 staff

Laparoscopic Conversion of Failed Gastric Bypass to Duodenal Switch

Manish Parikh, MD; and Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida Objective. To report preliminary outcomes after laparoscopic conversion of gastric bypass

Therapists in Search of a Treatment Model: Adapting a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model for Eating Disorders to a Bariatric Surgery Population, Part 2

by Merle C. Goldberg, LCSW; and Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD Merle Goldberg is in private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is co-author of Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right

Tobey Hospital Bariatric Center: Wareham, Massachusetts

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. Rayford Kruger, MD, FACS, is the lead gastric bypass surgeon and program director for the Tobey