New Study Finds Most Bariatric Surgeries Performed in Northeast, and Fewest in...

West Virginia and Mississippi may have the two highest obesity rates in the nation but rank 25th and 45th in...

Weight-loss Surgery Reduces Risk of Coronary Heart Disease By 40 Percent

Patients with severe obesity who get weight-loss surgery cut their risk of developing coronary heart disease by about 40 percent,...

Metabolic Surgery Significantly Better Than Drug Therapy

People with diabetes and severe obesity who had metabolic surgery were much less likely to die from diabetes or any...

Mortality From Heart Failure Cut in Half in Weight-loss Surgery Patients

New Cleveland Clinic Study Shows Bariatric Surgery May Have Protective Effect After Heart Failure Patients who have previously undergone weight-loss...

Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Surgery

Overview Major Guidelines and Recommendations Surgical Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Diabetes Metabolic Surgery vs....

ASMBS / SAGES Bariatric Endoscopy Verification Certificate

ASMBS and SAGES have worked together to develop a verification process for members with experience in performing bariatric endoscopy to...

ASMBS IH Webinar: Keeping Patients Engaged in Bariatric Support Groups

Recorded January 31, 2018. Our expert panel discussed the difficult obstacles faced with support groups and practical ways to overcome...

ASMBS Updated Position Statement on Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Bariatric Procedure

The Clinical Issues Committee and Executive Council of ASMBS have determined that the emergence of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as the...

Public Service Announcement regarding Discontinuation of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Curved Adjustable Gastric...

Public Service Announcement from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) regarding Discontinuation of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Curved...

General and Foregut Surgery Committee

Sergio Bardaro, MD FACS DABS-FPMBS FASMBSChair Karen Gibbs, MD FACS DABOM FASMBSCo-Chair Federico Serrot, MD FACS FASMBSCo-Chair Helmuth Billy, MDBoard...