ESA Medical Resources is the only recruitment firm specializing in Bariatric Surgery and Bariatric Medicine placements. We assist practices/facilities seeking to add bariatric surgeons, bariatricians, Obesity Medicine Physicians, Program Coordinators, PAs/NPs, and other support staff to their programs. Ou...
The challenge is to ensure that those surgeons performing gastric bypass, gastric banding, and duodenal switch procedure are trained appropriately. In the past, very different opportunities have been available for the general surgeon seeking to practice bariatric surgery. Early on, many surgeons began ...
18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2 – Normal Weight 25-29.9 kg/m2 – Overweight 30-34.9 kg/m2 – Obesity Class I 35-39.9 kg/m2 – Obesity Class II > 40 kg/m2 – Obesity Class III The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS; Pratt et al., 2018), classifies severe obesity in ...
States. He was one of the first surgeons to begin performing the gastric banding procedure after the FDA approved the procedure in 2001. Because of his expertise in the procedure, Dr. Shayani is a “Proctor” for the Lap-band, which means he trains and qualifies other surgeons in the Lap...
45,46 At the health system level, and particularly among surgeons, there is a lack of workforce diversity, and clinicians may hold explicit or implicit racial biases that may result in under-referral of Black patients to bariatric surgery.47,48 Ongoing racism and discrimination impede patients ...
Bariatric surgery underwent an explosion in terms of patient demand, the number of procedures performed, and the number of surgeons performing it from the years 1998 to 2003. Since then, the insurance industry has successfully limited the growth of this field with blanket denials for coverage, ...
Division of Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1200 East Broad Street, 980519, Richmond, Virginia, 23298, USA Guilherme M. Campos MD, FACS Corresponding author Correspondence toGuilherme M. Campos MD, FACS. ...
Although the numbers of responses from bariatric surgeons/programs were few, all of their responses were in agreement that the state laws have not increased insurance approvals for bariatric surgery and, in some cases, has made it more difficult to obtain approval. So far, the laws that have ...
year 2025 (1). Individuals above the age of 65 currently undergo more surgical procedures than any other age group, the incidence of which is only expected to increase over the next several decades (2). This raises many potential areas of concern for all surgeons, including bariatric surgeons...