Bariatric Times

Surgical Education is in Crisis: Call for All Alumni to Get Involved, Contribute to the Foundation for Surgical Fellowships

BT Online Editor — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:16:25 +0000

Dear readers of Bariatric Times: I just returned from Baltimore, Maryland, after attending the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). My congratulations to SAGES President Dr. Scott Melvin for an outstanding year as leader and to program directors Drs. Fred Brody and Santiago Horgan for an exciting and perfectly [...]

Vertical-banded Gastroplasty to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Remnant Gastrectomy

BT Online Editor — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000

This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures. Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This Month’s Technique: How to Convert an Adjustable Gastric Band Procedure to a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Vertical-banded Gastroplasty to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Remnant Gastrectomy This Month’s [...]

Ask the Leadership: The Cost-effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery

BT Online Editor — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:15:47 +0000

This column is dedicated to sharing the vast knowledge and opinions of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery leadership on relevant topics in the field of bariatric surgery. This Month’s Interview with: John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS Chief of the Section of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, [...]

Integrated Healthcare at JFK Medical Center Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute: A Best-Practice Model

BT Online Editor — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:15:20 +0000

This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient. Column Editor and Interviewer: Karen Schulz, RN, APN President of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS; Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio This month: An interview with Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD, [...]

Journal Watch: May 2013

BT Online Editor — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:49 +0000

A quick look at the noteworthy articles in bariatric and metabolic research The comparative effectiveness of sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and adjustable gastric banding procedures for the treatment of morbid obesity. Carlin AM, Zeni TM, English WJ, et al. Ann Surg. 2013;257(5):791–797. Synopsis: The authors conducted a study to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of sleeve [...]