Just done with the 34th edition of a one week Foregut Meeting in Hawaii with awesome colleagues and mentors: Steven DeMeester, Philip Katz, Tom DeMeester,… instagram.com/p/BuX9OeRHwD_0…

Though bariatric surgery has become safer & more popular, utilization of these operations in the US remains just 0.5% of the eligible population. New data from VCU Surgery on bariatric surgery trends, 1993-2016: journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger… ASMBS Bariatric News The Obesity Society

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Join us at the 2020 VBS Meeting! March 27-29. IH and Surgical Programs now Available. Outstanding Faculty. Hot Topics in Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Surgery. virginiabariatricsociety.com

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"Durable, long-term diabetes remission following bariatric surgery is more likely when performed soon after diagnosis when diabetes medication burden is low and beta-cell function is preserved." New 7-year follow-up of the LABS study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33270130/

Another great #OpenAccess paper in this month’s issue: Perioperative outcomes of inpatient laparoscopic Heller myotomy and per-oral endoscopic myotomy in the United States surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… #SoMe4Surgery Guilherme Campos MD Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Julio Mayol Syed A. Ahmad Nicolas Avellaneda

Drs. guilherme_mazzini & Guilherme Campos MD review primary & revisional✂️strategies for #GERD❤️‍🔥in patients with #obesity Read the 🔖 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #foregut #surgery #heartburn #GITwitter #MedTwitter VCU General Surgery Residency VCU Surgery MISIRG

The next Soccer world champions and a surgeon! @ United Polaris Lounge IAH instagram.com/p/CehjTm4OZPsb…

Back from Salzburg - great meeting - at VCU table - surgery-meeting-salzburg.com/richmond-meets…

Brazil’s Political Crisis Deepens,The New York Times - Alexander The Great, Churchill The Bulldog, Dilma The Ridiculous.... nytimes.com/2016/03/19/opi…

folha.com/no1756924 via @folha_com

Folha de S.Paulo - Internacional - En - Opinion - Editorial: Neither Dilma nor Temer - 02/04/2016 www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/…

Insider’s Account of How Graft Fed Brazil’s Political Crisis, via The New York Times nytimes.com/2016/04/04/wor…

Women power at ACS leadership Summit #ACSLAS16

Brazil’s lower house votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff; motion goes to Senate next. cnn.it/1r77Kmb

New Study Finds Humans Experience Greatest Feelings Of Joy When Pushing ‘Skip Ad’ Button onion.com/1SgGR5E

Dr. Paula Ferrada Paula Ferrada MD FACS FCCM MAMSE at work tweeting during VCU Research Day

General surgeons each generate $2.17 million for hospitals : ACS Surgery News acssurgerynews.com/practice-econo…

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