A peer-reviewed, evidence-based journal that promotes clinical development and metabolic insights in total bariatric patient care for the healthcare professional
4 CLINICAL EDITOR
Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS Program Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of the Minimally Invasive Fellowship Program, and Director of the Bariatric Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida—Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Ahmed R. Ahmed, BSc(Hons), FRCS(Gen)
Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Cynthia Alexander, PsyD Licensed Clinical Psychologist Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston; Examining Committee 17th Circuit Court of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Peter Benotti, MD, FACS St Francis Medical Center Trenton, New Jersey
Marc Bessler, MD Surgical Director, New York- Presbyterian Hospital Center for Obesity Surgery,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona School of Medicine-Phoenix; Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jay B. Brodsky, MD
Professor (Anesthesia), Medical Director—Perioperative Services, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
Rafael F. Capella, MD, FACS Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
Ricardo Cohen, MD
The Center of Excellence for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders- Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
Eric J. DeMaria, MD New Hope Wellness Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Michel Gagner, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD Houston, Texas
Manoel Galvao Neto, MD Gastro Obeso Center, São Paulo, Brazil
Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-SOM, Stratford, New Jersey
Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD Nutritionist, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Editorial Board Editorial Advisory Board
Giselle G. Hamad, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS Clinical Professor in Surgery, UCSF- FRESNO, Director, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fresno, California
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery; Director, Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness In Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, FACS University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Stephanie B. Jones, MD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program; Director, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Gregg H. Jossart, MD, FACS Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Kazunori Kasama, MD Director, Department of Weight Loss Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo Japan
Marina S. Kurian, MD Medical Director, Department of Surgery, Bariatric Division at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
Edward Lin, DO, FACS Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Program Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center, La Jolla, California
Samer G. Mattar, MD, FACS, FRCS, FASMBS
Associate Professor Surgery, Indiana University; Medical Director, IU Health Bariatric & Medical Weight Loss; Director, Indiana University Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship Program, Indianapolis, Indiana
Joseph Michaels V, MD Plastic Surgeon, Private Practice, North Bethesda, Maryland
Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD, ABPP Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology, JFK Medical Center; Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute, Atlantis, Florida
John Morton, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery; Section Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery; Director of Quality, Surgery and Surgical Sub- Specialties; Director of Bariatric Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS Director of Bariatric Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Martin I. Newman, MD, FACS Department of Plastic Surgery, Associate Program Director, Education Director, Weston, Diplomate American Board of Surgery, Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery Weston, Florida
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California
Jürgen Ordemann, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chief, Unit of Bariatric Surgery, Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Edward Phillips, MD, FACS Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Harry Pino, PhD
Director of Clinical Exercise Physiology Program, RecoverHealth Center, New York, New York
Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC Leon C. Hirsch Professor; Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery; Weill Medical College of Cornell University; New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry, Sport and Exercise Medicine Director, Bariatric Surgery Research Program, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
David A. Provost, MD Provost Bariatrics, Denton, Texas
Aurora D. Pryor, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and General Surgery, Chief, General Surgery, Durham Regional Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Almino C. Ramos, MD Gastro Obeso Center, São Paulo, Brazil
Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Metabolic and Bariatric Treatment Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael G. Sarr, MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit (GU 10-01), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Vivian M. Sanchez, MD Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland
Shashank Shah, MBBS, MS, FAIS, FMAS (hon) Director, Department of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery-Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, and Dr. L.H.Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Edward Shang, MD Professor of Surgery, Head of Bariatric Surgery,
Universityhospital Leipzig, Germany
Michele A. Shermak, MD The Plastic Surgery Center of Maryland, Lutherville, Maryland
Scott Shikora, MD Surgical Director, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
Prof. Dr. Michel Suter
Chief Surgeon, Hôpital du Chablais, Switzerland; Responsible surgeon for bariatric surgery, Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS Associate Director Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and Division of MIS, Director Bariatric Endoscopy, Cleveland Clinic Florida; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, NOVA Southeastern University, Weston, Florida
Olga Tucker, MD, FRCSI Academic Department of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Rudolf A. Weiner, MD Professor of Surgery, Frankfurt Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Head of the Departement of Surgery of the Frankfurt Sachsenhausen Hospital, Center For Bariatric Surgery, Center for Minimally Surgery, Frankfort, Germany
Noel N. Williams, MD, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS
Director of Bariatric Program, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Natan Zundel, MD, FACS Clinical Professor of Surgery, Florida International University College of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Bariatric Times • September 2011