This is exactly what we’ve discussed since the pandemic started & only makes sense! We’ve made changes for access through telemed at 2 of 3 centers so far with great reception from our patients. Access is definitely trending up

Bariatric surgery saves lives and only costs $15,000-$25,000. How insurance policy makers can sleep at night is beyond me. We have turned down hundreds of good candidates this yr because their insurance excluded Bariatric surgery, why? OAC Pennington Biomedical Research Center AMA

COVID manuscripts going through rigorous peer review

My 3 yo son comes in w/ an LSU shirt on and my wife’s friend asks him who went to school at LSU (clearly me) Son: ”Joe Burrow!” I’m ok sharing the legacy of LSU with Joey Burrow Start them early! LSU Football

Association of Bariatric Surgery with Clinical Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic ✅ 78% ⬇️ odds of death ✅ 72% ⬇️ odds of hospitalization link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Honored to have trained there under incredible surgeons Ali Aminian Stacy Brethauer Philip Schauer, MD thank you!

Fantastic physicians are evaluating the cost per surgery. But, if you look at the massive amount spent on healthcare in the US, there is a large sum that is directed to areas outside of patient care. This is where the impact should and could be made. @yfaacs American College of Surgeons

Free in February's BJS: Randomized clinical trial on closure versus non-closure of mesenteric defects during laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery ow.ly/LKcC30rBEuN Amy Lee Lightner, MD Bas Wijnhoven Des Winter Kjetil Søreide Malin Sund Martyn Evans Niels Kok Robert Hinchliffe Young BJS

✅ 5-Year Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Quality of Life in Patients with #Obesity & #Diabetes Surgical Patients Reported: ⬆️Energy ⬇️Fatigue ⬇️Pain ⬆️Physical Functioning ⬆️General Health Perception Findings are presented today at #AmerSurg21 #ASA2021 meeting.americansurgical.org/abstracts/2021…

Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2021: Teaching Hospitals fortune.com/2021/04/27/top… St. Luke's University Health Network

🟣 Poor #Diabetes Control Should Not Delay Metabolic Surgery ✅ No need to postpone #bariatricsurgery for a high HbA1c protect-us.mimecast.com/s/8wlDCXDwNBfX… ⚠️ But control of high blood glucose levels in periop period is important to ⬇️ complications soard.org/article/S1550-…

#Obesity is strongly linked to 13 types of cancer - not surprising it is associated with second cancers in women who already had breast cancer we need to start treating obesity like other diseases #GetFedUp ObecityUSA Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation OAC healio.com/news/hematolog…

The dramatic reduction in complications after metabolic surgery equivalent to low risk procedures like cholecystectomy justifies these procedures in patients with BMI as low as 30, especially for type 2 diabetes.

STAMPEDE Trial: M&B surgery boosts patients’ long-term QoL vs medical therapy alone (MTA) - bariatric pts report greater physical health, more energy, less body pain & negative effects of diabetes in their daily lives vs MTA pts Ali Aminian Philip Schauer, MD tinyurl.com/73n86p2a

The 2019 LSU offense is destroying the NFL this year. NFLSU 🐯 B/R Gridiron

🔆 Bariatric Surgery, Weight Loss Linked To 60% Lower Risk Of Severe COVID-19 Forbes Bruce Y. Lee ASMBS EASO #COVID19 #obesity #weight JAMA Surgery JAMA Network JAMA محمد جمال Mohammad Jamal Vincent Rajkumar BOMSS Neil Floch MD jenabbasi google.com/amp/s/www.forb…

Discontinuation of medications after obesity surgery: 🔅 75% of #diabetes 💊 🔅 60% of cholesterol 💊 🔅 50% of #hypertension 💊 By Ryan Howard David Arterburn, MD, MPH Dana Telem Justin B. Dimick JAMA Surgery ASMBS American Diabetes Association American Heart Association EASO #CardioTwitter

Joe Burrow: “Second biggest win I have been apart of. Only trails the Bama win in 2019”.

Impressive tree of great surgeons in our field! Thank you Philip Schauer, MD Stacy Brethauer Ali Aminian for your training and mentoring