Bariatric Surgery

R. Armour Forse, MD, CM, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM, FASMBS is currently the Chief Academic Officer at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, and President of Health Sciences Institute at Renaissance, where he oversees the educational and research programs for the health care system. He is also Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and was previously Professor of Surgery and the Associate Chair of Surgery for Education in the Department of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate, medical, and post-doctorate degrees from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and completed his surgical residency at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. He completed a Medical Research Council of Canada research fellowship in surgical metabolism at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and The Rockefeller Institute in New York. He has been in active surgical and bariatric practice for more than 30 years, including being an Assistant Professor of Surgery at McGill University, an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and the Laszlo Nando Tauber Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine. Here he worked with Dr. Caroline Apovian to build the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center where Dr. Apovian is the current director. Dr. Forse serves on the editorial boards of Obesity Surgery and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. He is a prolific researcher and publisher with 15 patents, 59 research grants and more than 450 publications including abstracts, chapters, books, and papers. Caroline M. Apovian, MD is Director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. She is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on nutrition and has been in the field of obesity and nutrition since 1990. She was on the expert panel for updating the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society, which were published in Circulation, Obesity, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. She was also the Chair of the 2015 Endocrine Society guidelines on the Pharmacologic Management of Obesity. In 2015, she was elected as Vice President of The Obesity Society.

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributing Authors Preface Foreword by George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, MS, FACS Section I General Chapter 1 The Obesity Epidemic Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS; Dustin M. Bermudez, MD; and Emily R. Cunningham, BA Chapter 2 Adolescent Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery Wendy Jo Svetanoff, MD; R. Armour Forse, MD, CM, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM,FASMBS; and Caroline M. Apovian, MD Chapter 3 Medical Treatment of Obesity W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc and Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH Section II Surgical Issues and Procedures Chapter 4 Why Surgery? Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS, FASMBS Chapter 5 Choice of Bariatric Surgery Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD; Elizabeth Colsen, MD; and Daniel B. Leslie, MD Chapter 6 Gastric Banding Christine Ren Fielding, MD Chapter 7 Sleeve Gastrectomy Stacy A. Brethauer, MD and Philip R. Schauer, MD Chapter 8 Gastric Bypass John Magaña Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS and Natalia Leva, MD Chapter 9 Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch Mustafa Hussain, MD and Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC Chapter 10 Other Surgical Procedures Jaisa Olasky, MD and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS Chapter 11 Preoperative Evaluation of the Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Andrew S. Wu, MD and Daniel M. Herron, MD Chapter 12 Anesthetic Issues in the Patient With Obesity Undergoing Surgery Eugene Kim, MD and Stephanie B. Jones, MD Chapter 13Current Concepts in Perioperative Management of Adolescents Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Kathleen B. Hrovat, MS, RD, LD; Linda Kollar, RN, MSN, CBN; andThomas H. Inge, MD, PhD Chapter 14Bariatric Surgery and the Elderly Oliver A. Varban, MD, FACS Chapter 15Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes Ashwin Soni, MD, BSc; Alpana Shukla, MD, MRCP(UK); and Francesco Rubino, MD Chapter 16 Immediate Postoperative Complications Charles E. Thompson III, MD; Yaniv Cozacov, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD; and Raul J. Rosenthal, MD Chapter 17Long-Term Complications of Bariatric Surgery Judy Y. R. Chen, MD, FACS and Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS Section III Medical Issues Post Bariatric Surgery Chapter 18 Nutritional Consequences Following Bariatric Surgery Ashley Cuellar, MD; Pradeep K. Pallati, MBBS, FACS; and Amanda Powell, MD Chapter 19Medical Management of the Patient After Bariatric Surgery:Reevaluating Diabetes Sangeeta Rao Kashyap, MD Chapter 20Hypertension Following Bariatric Surgery:Pathophysiology, Follow-Up, and Treatment Venkata M. Alla, MD and Dennis Esterbrooks, MD Chapter 21 Medical Management of the Patient After Bariatric Surgery:Reevaluating Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Dyslipidemia Lalita Khaodhiar, MD and Karen C. McCowen, MB, MRCPI Chapter 22Medical Management of the Patient After Bariatric Surgery:ReevaluatingSleep Apnea Lee E. Morrow, MD, MSc Chapter 23Endoscopy in the Bariatric Patient Nitin Kumar, MD and Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE Chapter 24 Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Bariatric Surgery Johanna Schubert, MD and Attila Csordas, MD Chapter 25 The Esophagus, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, and Bariatric Surgery Tommy H. Lee, MD and Kalyana Nandipati, MD Chapter 26 Psychological Issues in the Bariatric Surgery Patient Stephanie Sogg, PhD and Kelli E. Friedman, PhDFinancial Disclosures Index