Weight loss surgery is MORE effective than obesity drugs #semaglutide #tirzepatide #asmbs2024 @asmbs

Time to Rethink the Approach to Treating Obesity #Obesity JAMA Surgery JAMA Network #wls #mbs #GLP1 #bariatricsurgery jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

🫘 #BariatricSurgery & the diseased kidney: a 5-year assessment of safety & postoperative #renal outcomes🫘 🟡 302 pts 🔷 Stage 3 pts —> 50% had down staging of their kidney dz 📈The graph below shows how MBS allowed more of stages 4&5 to get #transplant link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Starting the year off right….UofAZ Surgery Residents and University of Arizona Department of Surgery faculty annual #Intern #Meet&Greet

Gov. Landry sings BILL by Sen. Regina Barrow and Rick Edmonds requiring health insurers in Louisiana to cover bariatric surgery for severe obesity. Huge leap forward! Philip Office of Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser Louisiana Department of Health Louisiana Obesity Society Renee Hilton, M.D. LSU Health Sciences Our Lady of the Lake Pennington Biomedical Research Center ASMBS

The cycle of life is fascinating in the desert! Mama dove could not save her eggs from the King snake! #desertlife #cycleoflife

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Surgery: Viewpoint describes potential benefits and hurdles to implementing a more personalized approach to obesity treatment through a comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation. ja.ma/4cHDRz8

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Surgery: Viewpoint describes potential benefits and hurdles to implementing a more personalized approach to obesity treatment through a comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation. ja.ma/45OoQcS

Go 🇨🇦 go!

Canada through with an American coach! 💪. Historical! Who knows? They may beat Argentine!

SAGES & ASTS Consider #BariatricSurgery prior to Liver Transplant if: 🔺BMI>35 🔺MELD< 15 🔺Platelet>50 🔺INR<2.5 🔺Albumin>2.5 🔺No or minimal ascites 🔺No or mild encephalopathy 🔺Nothing more than small esophageal varices link.springer.com/article/10.100… amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-…

🚩 SAGES & ASTS: Obesity, Organ Failure, & Transplantation: A Review 🔘 25000 Kidney 🫘 Transplants (KTx) in 2022 Consider #BariatricSurgery prior to KTx if: 🔸BMI>35 🔸Diagnosed with ESKD or CKD & a GFR<20 link.springer.com/article/10.100… amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-…

A year flies by quickly.. Finished minimally invasive surgery fellowship today! 🙌 University of Arizona Department of Surgery Iman Ghaderi, MD, MSc, MHPE Fellowship Council

Our MIS/bariatric surgery retreat.What a strong team! We celebrated Michelle Chang MD successful completion of her MIS fellowship, arrival of new fellow Nicholas Jonas.We are pleased to have Dr. Jeffrey Hodges joining the team University of Arizona Department of Surgery Banner University Bellal Joseph Fellowship Council

Interesting and important findings! It is our responsibility to educate our patients and make it easy for them to make a decision and take care of their health. SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! Banner University University of Arizona Department of Surgery

Look forward to this talk 👍

We are lucky to have Adnan Alseidi a good friend, to talk about the landscape of changing surgical training! Educational and aspirational!

Please join us for our University of Arizona General Surgery Residency meet and greet. We cannot wait to discuss the program with medical students interested in General Surgery Inside The Match

‼️In this short UCSF Health video, Dr. Adnan Alseidi Adnan Alseidi, our Vice Chair of Education and Gastrointestinal Surgeon, shares his near-veterinary path, his most rewarding aspect of the doctor-patient bond, and his incredible journey through 9⃣0⃣+ ORs worldwide🩺

Congratulations to Dr. Bellal Joseph on being inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators Being recognized as a Master Surgeon Educator is a remarkable achievement. We are incredibly proud of this well-deserved honor! 🏅✨ #MasterSurgeonEducator #ACS