Bariatric Times July/August 2007

6 Editorial Board Bariatric Times • July/August 2007 Editorial Advisory Board CLINICAL EDITOR Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS Program Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of the Minimally Invasive Fellowship Program, and Director of the Bariatric Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida— Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida ASSISTANT EDITOR Elektra McDermott Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Douglas G. Adler, MD Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas Cynthia Alexander, PsyD Psychologist, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Peter Benotti, MD, FACS Director of General Surgery, Geisinger Health System Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS Surgeon and Director, Scottsdale Bariatric Center Medical Director, Balance Bariatric Program, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, Arizona Deborah H. Cox, RN Chair, ASBS Allied Health Sciences Section, Bariatric Coordinator, North Ridge Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Myriam Curet, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director, Associate Dean for Medical Education, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University Morgan Downey, JD Executive Director & CEO, American Obesity Association, Washington, DC Michel Gagner, MD Chief, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program, New York, New York Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD Houston, Texas Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD Nutritionist, Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program, New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York Giselle Hamad, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Obesity Surgery, UPMC Weight Management Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, UCSF-FRESNO, Director, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fresno Heart Hospital, Fresno, California Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, FACS University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Colleen Kennedy, MD Director of Bariatric Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana Peter Kopelman, MD FRCP Vice-Principal (NHS Liaison), Deputy Warden, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, United Kingdom Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN Program Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center, La Jolla, California Melodie K. Moorehead, PhD Drs. Moorehead, Parish, and Associates PA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Michel M. Murr, MD, FACS Director of Bariatric Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida Edward Phillips, MD, FACS Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Harry Pino, PhD Exercise Physiologist, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Eneida Roldan, MD, MPH, MBA Senior Consultant, Myephit Inc., BoardCertified Bariatrician, Private Practice, Miami, Florida Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan Vivian M. Sanchez, MD Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland Michele A. Shermak, MD Chief of Plastic Surgery, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland Scott Shikora, MD Surgical Director, Obesity Consult Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Emily Wong-Swartz, MHSA, LHRM, RD, LD/N Program Coordinator, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Bariatric Institute, Weston, Florida, Chair, ASBS Support Group Committee Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS Associate Director, The Bariatric Institute, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida Noel N. Williams, MD, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Gen) Director of Bariatric Program, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Natan Zundel, MD, FACS West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh PA Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH Director, Obesity Research Center, Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Bariatric Times welcomes submissions for possible publication in the Letters to the Editor section. Letters should be no more than 500 words and five references. Type with double spacing. Letters that comment on a Bariatric Times article will be considered if they are received within two months of the time the article was published. All letters are reviewed by the editors and are selected based upon interest, timeliness, and pertinence, as determined by the editors. There are no guarantees a letter will be published. 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Cover Editorial Message Table of Contents Editorial Board Letter to the Editor Malpractice Preventative Maintenance: Record Protocols and Happy Lawyers Resolution of Fibromyalgia Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass University General Hospital Bariatric Program at University General Hospital Journal Watch Category List Trade Name Index Company Index Products and Services

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