Author
Alan A Saber, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center; Surgical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Metabolic and Nutrition Center, University Hospitals Digestive Health Institute; Associate Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Alan A Saber, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Raul J Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery and The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Program Director, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, Florida International University
Raul J Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
David L Morris, MD, PhD, FRACS Professor, Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia
David L Morris, MD, PhD, FRACS is a member of the following medical societies: British Society of Gastroenterology
Disclosure: Received none from RFA Medical for director; Received none from MRC Biotec for director.
Chief Editor
John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital; American Gastroenterological Association Fellow; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF is a member of the following medical societies: American Gastroenterological Association, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nephrology, Association for Academic Surgery, International Society of Nephrology, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Oscar Joe Hines, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine
Oscar Joe Hines, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
The authors and editors of Medscape Drugs & Diseases wish to acknowledge Danny Rosin, MD, Instructor, Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, for his previous association with this article.
