Join a national leader in healthcare! The Kaiser Permanente medical care program is the largest and most experienced integrated health-care system in the country. Established over 50 years ago, our programs continue to receive national awards of excellence. The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG) is a physician-owned and managed multi-specialty group with over 900 physicians serving 550,000 patients (built-in referral base) at 30 medical centers located throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore metro areas. We offer a competitive salary, exceptional benefits and retirement packages, paid occurrence based malpractice insurance, and the opportunity to attain shareholder status in two years. Living...
Coors Healthcare Solutions invites you to explore an excellent employed Bariatric Surgery opportunity with an award winning and progressive healthcare organization in the Charlotte Metropolitan area. Our client, a 435 bed, not for profit hospital is seeking an experienced, Board Certified and Fellowship trained Surgeon to lead its efforts to become a Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. The organization is seeking a surgeon that has the experience, passion and determination to see this program through development, implementation and achievement of Center of Excellence status. Our client is seeking a candidate with leadership skills, charisma, integrity and compassion. Candidate must...
South Nassau Communities Hospital, a 435-bed acute care facility, has been delivering exceptional patient care for over 80 years. We provide inpatient, ambulatory, home health, restorative, preventative and emergency medicine services to our community. Located on the beautiful South Shore of Nassau County, LI, home of world-class golf and beaches, SNCH is only 30 minutes from all of the cultural attractions of NYC. (One Healthy Way, Oceanside, NY 11572, United States) We currently have an opening for a Bariatric Coordinator in our Center for Weight and Life Management. Specializing in weight loss surgery and long-term patient management, the Center helps...
Two Randomized Clinical Studies in The New England Journal of Medicine Support Far Greater Role for Bariatric Surgery in Treating Type 2 Diabetes First head-to-head studies, published in NEJM, comparing bariatric surgery to medical therapy Bariatric surgery superior to medical treatment producing remission, even before weight loss More patients need access to this important option sooner Two randomized clinical trials published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese and morbidly obese patients and suggest surgery should be considered sooner and more often for patients battling the twin epidemics of diabetes and...
CHICAGO, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) announced plans today to combine their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers. As of April 1, 2012, all institutions that have met the standards under the two separate programs—the ACS Bariatric Surgery Center Network (ACS BSCN) program and the ASMBS Bariatric Centers of Excellence (ASMBS BSCOE) program—will be extended accreditation in a new Joint Program. This arrangement will not affect recognition by Medicare or other payors, since...
