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Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Moderate Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Analysis of a randomized control trial comparing surgery with intensive medical treatment Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Kathy Wolski, MPH, Richard M. Watanabe, PHD, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, MD, PHD, Beth Abood, RN, Claire E. Pothier, MPH, Stacy Brethauer, MD, Steven Nissen, MD, Manjula Gupta, PHD, John P. Kirwan, PHD and Philip R. Schauer, MD Read full article on website: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/14/dc12-1596.abstract Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of two bariatric procedures versus intensive medical therapy (IMT) on β-cell function and body composition. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A...
The American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) has created a Resources for Exam Preparation document. This document may be of interest to physician members of ASMBS either for preparing for the exam or for purposes of increasing their knowledge on the medicine side of treating overweight and obese patients. The Certification Examination for Obesity Medicine Physicians is administered by the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) through Professional Testing Corporation (PTC) testing centers. The composition of questions for the examination and the sample test questions are the exclusive responsibility of the Board members of the ABOM. To maintain absolute confidentiality...
The ASMBS would like to congratulate Joe Nadglowski and the Obesity Action Coalition for winning the prestigious SSAT public service award. This award is presented by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) to an individual or a group for their substantial contribution for furthering the cause of GI surgery. Please read the below excerpts from Dr. Ranjan Sudan’s nomination letter, relaying some of their achievements: I have the pleasure of nominating Joe Nadglowski and the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) for the SSAT Public Service Award for making very significant contributions in promoting Gastrointestinal Surgery and campaigning tirelessly to...
The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) held the first Your Weight Matters National Convention in Dallas, TX on October 26-28. There were 275 attendees representing 34 different states and Canada who participated. Convention attendees heard talks given by leading experts in the field of obesity treatment including talks on nutrition, exercise, behavior modification, pharmacologic therapy, and surgical therapy. At an awards ceremony held during the convention, the OAC announced the winner of this year’s “Dr. Robin Blackstone Outstanding Membership Recruitment by a Physician Award”. This award is given to the physician or group of physicians that has signed up the most...
Throughout the last few weeks, many of you witnessed a remarkable and profound change in the direction the society is taking with our quality program. We are moving away from using the SRC as the administrator of our program and crafting a long-term unified program with the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Issues beyond our control prompted a more rapid transition than the Executive Committee had planned; however, I assure you that the society is 100 percent focused and on target, and the leadership is proactively doing everything in its power to ensure a strong stable future for our BSCOE...
Over a week in October, I was engaged in teaching the first ever “obesity week” to 2nd year medical students in the University of Arizona School of Medicine – Phoenix program. 50 students were led through a complex curriculum that culminated with a session with five medical and surgical weight loss patients in a question and answer session. The next week students came to our clinic to see patient OR cases or see patients in the clinic in a “Capstone” project. Students also participate in a spin class with the instructor at 5:30 on Wednesday morning. At the beginning of...
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The official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
