Weight Loss Stratagem
- The Science of Weight Loss Surgery
- NHLBI Clinical Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity in Adults
- Dietary Guidelines
- Pharmacotherapy Pipeline
- Meal Replacements
- Weight Watchers*
Patient Education & Support
- Readiness to Change
- Health Utility Assessment
- Patients of Size (Culture of Sensitivity)
- Web-Based Education
- Program Management
- Pushing the Envelope of Patient Education and Support With Technology-Enhanced Applications and Strategies
- Longitudinal Bariatric Experience: Combined Reflections
Patient Coverage and Access
- Health Economics
- Ensuring Access to Bariatric Surgery
- Access to Care
- Insurer Perspective: Massachusetts Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Appealing Denials
- Negotiating With Payers for New Technology and Procedures
- Military Health System
Hospital Decision Making
- The Cost of Setting Up a Bariatric Surgery Program
- Return on Investment
- Facilities Requirements
- Equipment Considerations
- Clinical Pathways in Weight Loss Surgery
- Hospitals and The Joint Commission
Patient Safety
- Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety
- Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Reduction of Medical Errors
- Ensuring the Safety of the Bariatric Surgery Patient
- ACS Bariatric Surgery Network
- Understanding Levels of Evidence
- Continuing Medical Education
- Multimedia in Surgical Education
- Nurses: Creating a Professional Standard
Medical Evaluation
- Preoperative Medical Evaluation
- Psychological Assessment
- Joslin Guidelines
- Nutrition Assessment
- Anesthetic Considerations
Outcomes After Weight Loss Surgery
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Band
- The Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Intragastric Balloon
- Weight Loss Surgery and Outcomes: Gastric Pacing
- The Role of the Endoscopist
- Body Contouring
- LABS Next Step
Technical Advances
- Staple-Line Buttress Materials
- Fibrin Sealants
- Surgical Device Industry
- Corporate America's Role
- Safer Surgery Through Simulation
Special Issues/Controversies
- Gastric Bypass Controversies: Implications for Patient Safety
- Acceptable Comorbidity
- Weight Gain and Reoperative Surgery
- Weight Loss Surgery and Pregnancy
- Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Debate
- More Conservative Indications for Bariatric Surgery for Adolescent Patients
Restoring Health: Long Term Success
- Patient Outcomes: Collecting Data
- Quality of Life
- Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Counseling on Exercise
- Lifelong Medical Follow-up
Media
- Medical Journalism
- Media Relations
Legal & Tort Issues
- Ethics: How to Discuss Medical Errors
- Risk-Management Foundation
- Legal and Tort Issues
- Malpractice/Payers
- Liability in Proctoring
- Medical Liability Drives Cost
- Tort Reform
Implementing Solutions
- Determining Best Practices and Implementing Solutions
Ebaa Al-Ozairi, BMSc, MD, MRCP
Jeffrey W. Allen, MD
Caroline Apovian, MD
Jerry Berger
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
Loren J. Borud, MD
George A. Bray, MD
Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
Patricia A. Buss, MC, VSN
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH
Justine M. Carr, MD
Ronna M. Casper, MEd, LCSW
Jaime Wilson-Chiru
Ram Chuttani, MD
Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH
Susan Cummings, MS, RD
Kristina Day, RD, LD
Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Karen A. Donato, SM, RD
Diana Cullum-Dugan, RD, LD
James Ellsmere, MD
Jacob Enterkin, BS
John A. Fallon, MD, MBA
Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS
Josef E. Fischer, MD
David R. Flum, MD, MPH
Michel Gagner, MD
Victor F. Garcia, MD
James Garver
Dean J. Geraci, MSc
Judy Giusti, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Jennifer L. Greenman
Ronit Grinbaum, MD
Giselle G. Hamad, MD
Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD
Robert Hanscom, JD
Alan M. Harvey, MD, MBA
Edward A. Hatchigian, MD, MS
Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD
Colleen M. Hutchinson, MA
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Thomas James, III, MD
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS
R. Scott Jones, MD
Stephanie B. Jones, MD
Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Farid J. Kehdy, MD
John J. Kelly, MD
Sang W. Kim
Karen Miller-Kovach, MBA, MS, RD
Kenneth A. Larsen, DMin, PhD
Meng-G Martin Lee, MD
Barbara Lightizer, MS, MA, CPHRM
Kevin Lobo
John L. McCarthy, MBA
Michelle McCleerey, PhD, MA, MEd, RN
Kevin McGovern
Joseph Nadglowski, Jr.
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Torsten Olbers, MD, PhD
Robin F. Pearson
Tracy S. Pitt, DO
Alfons Pomp, MD
Walter J. Pories, MD
Kinga A. Powers, MD, PhD
Gary M. Pratt, BS
Janey S.A. Pratt, MD
Aurora D. Pryor, MD
Scott Rehrig, MD, LTCMC
Christine Ren, MD
Nancy Ridley, MS
Jo-Anne Rizzotto, MEd, RD, LDN, CDE
Malcolm K. Robinson, MD
Daniel S. Rooks, PhD
James C. Rosser, Jr., MD
Thomas R. Russell, MD
Donna H. Ryan, MD
Kenneth Sands, MD, MPH
Luke Sato, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Benjamin E. Schneider, MD
Robert S. Schneider, MSW
Daniel J. Scott, MD
Scott A. Shikora, MD
Peter H. Soderberg
Jonathan Waks
Angela Walsh, RN, MA, CNOR
Katherine A. Wang
Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH
Samnuel E. Wilson, MD
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
James Zervios