Summary of 3 great articles by Dr. Sheu and his team Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research :

Advancing the Understanding of Bariatric Surgery Outcomes brighamhealthonamission.org/2024/04/15/adv…

Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Caroline Apovian MD Chris Thompson, MD Brigham and Women's GI

Looking forward to another great state wide meeting!

MCACS - 2024 MCACS Bariatric Meeting

Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD ASMBS MA Chapter ACS Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Brigham and Women's GI

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Great meeting involving MGB and MIT leaders hilighting opportunities and challenges of AI in healthcare.

Opportunity for us to improve care of our surgical patients!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mass General Brigham Innovation Mass General Brigham

A leader in field of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and an inspiration for all. His work led to many, including our own group Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research, to focus their clinical and basic research on role of GI Surgery in T2D.

Thank you Dr. Pories for what you have done for our field!

Our GI and bariatric surgery teams coming together for a C-TIF! Great to have another option for management of reflux!

Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery Brigham and Women's GI Chris Thompson, MD Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD

Our latest #WorldObesityAtlas 2024, released for #WorldObesityDay ⭕️, is available now! 📢

It's clear that governments around the world must do more to tackle unhealthy and unsustainable environments. ❗️

➡️ Find out more in our #Atlas2024 : worldobesityday.org/resources#atlas #WOD2024

Video introducing our outstanding medical, GI and surgical weight management team members!
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Working together to fight a serious disease, with leading research efforts Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research

Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Caroline Apovian MD Chris Thompson, MD Brigham and Women's GI Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery

Congrats to David Levine, Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH and coauthors for their article on the importance of home hospital!

Acute Hospital Care at Home in the United States: The Early National Experience | Annals of Internal Medicine (acpjournals.org)

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery

Welcoming Dr. Hasson, our inaugural vice chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Surgery. Great to have her back at the Brigham!

brighamsurgerynews.com/rian-m-hasson-…

Today is #WorldObesityDay ⭕!

#Obesity is a complex interaction of different factors, for different people, in different countries and cultures. 🌍

One universal strategy for every person is never going to be the solution. ❌

That’s why we want to open up the conversation.

Congrats to Dr. Vernon and co-authors Dr. Courcoulas David Arterburn, MD, MPH Mary-Elizabeth Patti and Ali Aminian for their paper on long term impact of bariatric surgery on T2D
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
More long term evidence for what was first reported in 1995: Who Would Have Thought It!

Congrats to Chris Thompson, MD for a great article highlighting low rates of obesity treatment - in time for #WorldObesityDay on Monday, March 4th

ASMBS IFSO Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Caroline Apovian MD Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research

Apply Today!! Deadline is March 31. ow.ly/xEOR50QBpy7

Congrats to Omnia Saleh for paper Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)
Preop weight loss before bariatric surgery does not lead to improvement in outcomes. No need for routine practice but maybe selectively in some high-risk patients
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ASMBS IFSO Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Congratulation to the BWH faculty and alumni for leading ERAS efforts nationally! Left to right:
Dr. Urman (former BWH Anesthesiologist now chair at OSU), Dr. Elias (BWH GYN oncologist), Dr. Stone (BWH Anesthesiologist), and Dr. Bleday (BWH Section Chief of Colorectal Surgery)

Congrats to this great team of researchers as well as Tina Bharani, MD Omnia Saleh

Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)

Integrating APPs into a surgical practice improves patient satisfaction and outcomes- Jason Hall shares the data and his perspective. Engaging session with mods Jennifer Tseng (IG: @tsengjennifermd) and Jen Beatty, PA. MA Chapter ACS

Nelya Melnitchouk MD 🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻 provides a thoughtful explanation of why rectal cancer management in 2023 is so complex MA Chapter ACS

E-poster session MA Chapter ACS 2023 annual meeting! Just like the Clinical Congress eposters, so well attended!! American College of Surgeons

After a very engaging MA Chapter of ACS Council meeting, everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's annual meeting organized by Jennifer Davids, MD. Over 140 registered! MA Chapter ACS American College of Surgeons @

Good luck to our GGI presenters! Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research