A group of surgeons from SAGES and ASTS presents the current published literature on metabolic and bariatric surgery as a therapeutic option for patients with #obesity awaiting solid organ #transplantation. Ty Diwan Kristopher Croome Omar M Ghanem bit.ly/46ymdvR

A collaborative efforts between two prominent surgical societies to help guide treatment for complex patients. This is what it’s all about. ASTS SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025!

What are the benefits of academic promotion from assistant to associate professor? Omar M Ghanem Michael J. Pucci Jennifer Tseng (IG: @tsengjennifermd) Ian S Soriano 🇵🇭 Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Sharmila Dissanaike Caroline Park MD, MPH Abhishek Parmar Hassan Aziz, MD Elliot Servais, MD, FACS Sean Langenfeld ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Shedding More than Weight: #BariatricSurgery & Journey to Insulin Independence in Insulin-Treated Type 2 #Diabetes 🚩 287 pts w T2D & insulin dependance 🔘 50% diabetes remission 💉 Insulin use ⬇️ from 100% to 36% 💊 Oral med use ↘️ from 79% to 38% jogs.org/article/S1091-…

I am honored to share with you our paper “Resmetirom and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis” has been published online in Current Obesity Reports. This paper involved 127 global healthcare professionals from 37 countries/regions. Fulltext: rdcu.be/dQjeF

Using Pre-Operative Insulin Dose to Predict Diabetes Remission after RYGB vs SG: 🔷 Lower insulin doses = higher diabetes remission post-surgery 🔷 Remission rates: 73% vs 34% (low vs high insulin dose) 🔷 RYGB > SG: for mid-range insulin doses #PrecisionMedicine Omar M Ghanem

Superb as always Wissam Ghusn 🦄🦄 What is most impressive in this study is that even for comparable #Diabetes severity, the patients with lower insulin doses had higher remission rates & acted more as if they were insulin naive! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

In case you missed it, Now available OnDeMand! pbgrandrounds.org Flori Corpodean Samer Mattar Pennington Biomedical Research Center Michael Kachmar, DO Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS ASMBS IFSO @bariatricnews Neil Floch MD Omar M Ghanem Ann Rogers Jaime Ponce MD Dr Eric DeMaria Ali Aminian Haris Khwaja

Proud to announce, Dr. Simon Laplante will be joining the Division of Metabolic & Abdominal Wall Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Laplante is an experienced metabolic surgeon, a phenomenal educator who also specializes in computer vision & machine learning! Welcome to Mayo Clinic🏥

We are thrilled to have Dr. Simon Laplante join the Department of Surgery. Welcome to Mayo Clinic!

Metabolic Disease Remission after Roux-en-Y #GastricBypass Depend on Preoperative Disease Severity: Use of a New Objective Metabolic Scoring System - Surgery for #obesity and Related Diseases #soard24 #bariatricsurgery soard.org/article/S1550-…

Drain placement: -Only need to go once around (3 sandals don’t help) -Dimple but don’t obstruct tubing -Air knot at skin for removal 1. looks good 2. ? infected, loose 3. Too tight on skin Cirbosque #SoMe4Surgery Car_Wreck_Doctor #surgery

Congratulations to @SarahLund on her fellowship match in Endocrine Surgery at Michigan Surgery! Dr. Lund is an administrative chief and is passionate about surgical education. Her contributions to our residency program have been innumerable.

Enjoyed having Dr. Yu from SRRSH in Hangzhou,China during his trip to Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery Dr. Yu observed 7 revisional #BariatricSurgery cases this past week; a reflection of complex pathology managed at Mayo. Same applies to Moussa, our visiting 🇱🇧 medical student #GlobalEducation

George Berci. 1921 - 2024. Surgeon. Inventor. Founding Member and Past-President of SAGES. To learn more about his incredible life, we encourage you to watch this documentary. youtu.be/-9T_ZG7KWT4 Gifts in his honor accepted at: sagesfoundation.org/donate-now/one…

Enjoy that incredible time in Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery. Take advantage of being beside that incredible bariatric surgeon and my friend Omar M Ghanem. I learnt so much from him 👏👏👏

Mayo Clinic has an unexpected renal transplant fellowship opening for 2024-2025. We sponsor J1/H1b visas and welcome off-cycle applicants. Learn more. #KidneyTransplant #MedEd bit.ly/4e6oTne

Reflecting on my recent journey from Lebanon to observe Dr. Omar M Ghanem at Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery 🇺🇸, I can echo Dr. Ghanem’s sentiments about the exceptional experience. Over the past two weeks of my rotation with Dr. Ghanem, I had the incredible opportunity to witness 15 revisional

Watch out for aberrant anatomy. Maybe Moynihan’s hump. #safechole Robert Drummond Ron Barbosa MD FACS Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD Caroline Park MD, MPH Michael J. Pucci Maggie Bosley, MD Ian S Soriano 🇵🇭 Shiva Jayaraman SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! MISIRG Cirbosque #SoMe4Surgery Ron Hekier Emory Surgery

President oath. IFSO President. A great honor and responsibility IFSO IFSO MENAC (Middle East North Africa Chapter) IFSO LAC IFSO-EC IFSO North America Chapter Young IFSO