Don't miss the free "Ventral Hernia Masterclass: Exploring Cool Cases & Expert Insights" webinar on Jan 29, 2025, at 5pm CT. 🎯 Learn from top experts in chronic mesh infections, robotic techniques, & more. #HerniaSurgery 👉 Register now: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8156757/AHS…

Too keep tension during laparoscopic tying & prevent loosening of the tie/knot, here is a small trick: #Laparoscopy #Surgery #SurgEd #MedicalStudentEd #BariatricSurgery

We've got a special new series coming your way on ENDOSURGERY! Did you know you can now treat achalasia, obesity, gallstones, GERD, & anastomotic leaks with a scope??! 🤯 Join our experts from Endeavor Health Sully Ayuso Trevor Crafts MD Mike Ujiki for engaging pods 🎧 & cutting edge

Proud of Alexis Holland for leading this work. Is surgery a teaching moment where we can impact the health of patients in a sustainable manner? It appears so CMC General Surgery Residents B Todd Heniford Vedra Augenstein American Hernia Society European Hernia Society Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) journals.lww.com/journalacs/abs…

What an amazing course! Thanks to all the faculty for your time Mike Ujiki Christopher Chapman and to The American Foregut Society for putting together the course! Excited to help more patients live healthier lives! 💪

In this Viewpoint, Jimmy McDermott, Christian de Virgilio MD FACS, and Sharon Lum MD MBA FACS provide recommendations for surgeons to stay active amidst demanding professional and personal commitments to help manage stress, avoid burnout, and improve overall quality of life. ja.ma/3F3uzCh

Don’t miss the session today at 1:30 #SAGES2025 where the ergonomics stars are here to help you reduce your risk of injury. Because surgery is a contact sport! Harry J. Wong, MD, MS, DABOM SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! Yewande Alimi MD Bootymd

Starting the day strong! 💪☀️ Surgeons getting moving at Time Out for Fitness at #SAGES2025! #StrongerSurgeons #SurgeonWellness

Endoscopy and Antireflux Surgery: A Technical Review of Pre- and Postoperative Evaluation and Recognizing Patterns of Failure. zurl.co/Q6ycl #BetterTogether #AFS2025

Happy to share our post hoc analysis of SURMOUNT trials examining tirzepatide for #obesity based on reproductive stage (pre, peri, post #menopause) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ob… 👉Menopause was not explicitly captured in the trials but we approximated status with a variety of inputs

🚀 Redefining GERD Treatment The The American Foregut Society latest white paper advances our understanding of the anti-reflux barrier from a sphincter centric model to a dynamic system involving the lower esophageal sphincter, crural diaphragm, and gastroesophageal flap valve. 🔑 Key

Tomorrow! YOUNG IFSO JOURNAL CLUB “Revisional Sleeve Gastrectomy” 🎤Dr. Omar Ghanem: "Complicated Sleeve Gastrectomy Revisions" 🎤Dr. Avery Brown: “Weight Recurrence after Sleeve Gastrectomy: Sleeve to Bypass versus Sleeve to GLP1 medications” us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🧬 NEW STUDY: Obesity’s Massive Health Impact--from my research group, led by the brilliant Jackie Yao. - - - 🚨 In a nationwide study of 270,000+ adults using the All of Us Research Program, obesity was linked to a higher risk of 16 health conditions—with risk increasing by

I've been musing on the #biotech race for Most #WeightLoss Maybe it is motivated by vanity or $, but I consider it a necessary goal 👉We need to create options for people with class 4 #obesity (BMI>50) Our current #medicines largely cause weight loss by ⬇️food intake and we

I hope American Board of Obesity Medicine question writers and review courses for the exam are paying attention since this relationship (top panel) has been part of curricula for years

As anti-obesity medications (AOMs) grow in popularity, what does this mean for metabolic and bariatric surgery, the other highly effective weight-loss option? 💉 Experts weigh in on how to combine the two approaches to maximize patient outcomes. brnw.ch/21wRZnK

📢 If you're paying attention to body composition changes with #weightloss or #GLP1s, you need to read this article from Grant Tinsley, PhD ⭐️pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11… 👉Fat-free mass ≠ Lean mass ≠ lean soft tissue mass ≠ skeletal muscle mass 👉Fat contains fat-free mass

Reminder📣Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18th at 7:00AM for #Surgery #GrandRounds with our fellow Dr. Teodora Dumitra! Teodora Dumitra MD PhD FRCSC 🏢In-Person: HMA ➡️Virtual Meeting Link: microsoft.com/microsoft-team… 👉Meeting ID: 212 182 739 112 3 👉Passcode: 9GP3w2nX

Voted best hernia post, 2025. (Credit: Harry J. Wong, MD, MS, DABOM ) #itsnotjustahernia

From #T2D to #obesity #CVD #OSA and now #MASH The expanding benefits of GLP-1 medicines novonordisk.com/news-and-media…