SOARD Journal Jaime Ponce MD Neil Floch MD Carlos Galvani @MatthewDongMD Christine Lovato MD Omar M Ghanem Rosenthal Christian Perez Teresa Lamasters Never again should needed elective surgery be deferred particularly for bariatric surgery which decreases hospitalization for Covid -disease progresses while patients wait - hopefully we can treat more pts in need White House COVID-19 Response Team

No clinical benefits in delaying lifesaving #BariatricSurgery for eligible patients to go through an insurance-mandated lifestyle program before surgery. ASMBS2022 @ASMBS22 @ASMBS Shanu Kothari John David Scott MD jmortonmd

Congrats Shanu Kothari on an outstanding ASMBS Presidency 2021-2022! Matt Hutter Teresa Lamasters Dr Eric DeMaria Marina Kurian, MD Jaime Ponce MD Samer Mattar @rblackstonemd Rosenthal Neil Floch MD

Dr Dustin Baldwin ECU Surgery bariatric fellow presenting work done by him and Dr Maria Altieri Maria Altieri on functional status correlating with outcomes of bariatric surgery at @asmbs ASMBSIH Congrats! Dr Eric DeMaria ECU Brody School of Medicine ECU

Asmbs can only be asmbs because of Georgeanne - congratulations!

So proud of ⁦Teresa Lamasters⁩ our new ASMBS President- had the privilege of training her as a fellow and am beyond happy to her well deserved ascension! ⁦ASMBS⁩ ⁦American College of Surgeons⁩

@asmbs Family Tree! Training fellows has been a joy! #asmbs2022 ninh nguyen Adrian Dan Monique Hassan, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, DABOM @ricardcorcelles Helen Heneghan Chris Daigle MD Dr. Linden Karas @ZNorhanipah Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS Javier Birriel, MD, FACS, FASMBS Haris Khwaja محمد جمال Mohammad Jamal Essa Aleassa MD Mohammad Alsulaimy

REGISTRATIONS FOR PG COURSES ARE OPEN ON: IFSO2022.COM

Happy National #MetabolicBariatric Nurse day ASMBS IFSO Treo Foundation #CBN

Some 🖼️📸from ASMBS meeting Lilian Kow Marina Kurian, MD Matt Hutter Dr Eric DeMaria Shanu Kothari Teresa Lamasters Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Stacy Brethauer jmortonmd ninh nguyen IFSO

ASMBS Bariatric procedures 2020 USA estimate numbers: 199,000 which is 22.5% less than 2019 (associated to #COVID)... #Sleeve 61%, #RNYBypass 20.8%, #Band 1.2%, #DS 1.8%, #Revisions 11.1%, #SADI 0.2%, #OAGB 0.7%, #Balloon 1.4%, #ESG 0.8% doi.org/10.1016/j.soar… Dr Benjamin Clapp MD👏

First report from the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery closed-claims registry: prevalence, causes, and lessons learned from bariatric surgery medical malpractice claims #soard22 #obesity #bariatricsurgery #wls @asmbs soard.org/article/S1550-…

The Szarzynski Family gofund.me/605b90ab. A horrible tragedy left a family without their son / husband / father - won’t you dig deep to try and help them? Such a sad tragedy - so sudden and final. Godspeed Brent and God bless and comfort those left behind.

Dr. Carl Haisch, a professor of surgery in the Division of Surgical Immunology and Transplantation in Brody's Department of Surgery, was inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Dr. Haisch is also vice chair of surgical education at Brody.

You won’t want to miss the Walter Pories MD Festschrift on June 8 in San Diego! Registration info coming soon! ASMBS IFSO Neil Floch MD Jeffrey Ponsky Daniel Jones Shanu Kothari Dr Eric DeMaria Rosenthal Adrian Dan

#3 … What was the initial reaction to Walter Pories' famous Annals paper? WATCH THE VIDEO 👇👇👇 Come and join us ASMBS Festschrift celebrating the illustrious career of Professor Walter J. Pories MD Saturday June 8, 2024, one day prior to the start of the 2024 ASMBS annual

Don't Miss Out! Pories Festschrift June 8, 2024! poriesevent.org Just prior to asmbsmeeting.com ASMBS IFSO American College of Surgeons International Bariatric Club Neil Floch MD Haris Khwaja Dr Eric DeMaria Jaime Ponce MD @FRubinoM Omar M Ghanem Samer Mattar Marina Kurian, MD Ann Rogers

Join us for poriesevent.org on June 8, 2020 just prior to ASMBSmeeting.com ASMBS IFSO International Bariatric Club Jaime Ponce MD Dr Eric DeMaria Neil Floch MD Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ali Aminian Lilian Kow Marina Kurian, MD Paulina Salminen Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Francesco Rubino Dan Cohen Mohammed Hadad -MD

Help us congratulate the following residents on their recent fellowship matches: Dr. Jesse Mendes, Preston Bethea and Brandon Peine.