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Great presentation by one of my phenomenal Pennington Biomedical Research Center trainees and rising LSU Health Shreveport medical student Teresa Schauer on Early Small Bowel Obstruction after Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery! #ASMBS2024 #MBSAQIP #WomenInMedicine #WomenSurgeons Philip Schauer, MD LSU Department of Surgery LSU Research

Our All-Star Metabolic Surgery Research Fellow, Dr. Michael Kachmar, presenting on using multi-modal pharmacotherapy for BMI>70... outstanding and timely topic! #ASMBS2024 Pennington Biomedical Research Center Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation LSU Department of Surgery @CarlosCgalvani Val Nfonsam LSU Health Sciences The Obesity Society

What an outstanding group of fellows and postdocs that we have this year - - every year keeps getting better! 13 abstracts... 10 posters... 3 podium presentations ... and 1 Halverson Awardee. The future of metabolic surgery is BRIGHT!! #ASMBS2024 ASMBS Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Metabolic surgery: The sooner the better for long‐term success? - Kachmar - 2024 - Obesity What is the best timing for metabolic surgery? ⁦Michael Kachmar, DO⁩ ⁦Pennington Biomedical Research Center⁩ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ob…

GATEWAY Trial - A milestone in Bariatric Surgery History. #hypertension Ricardo Cohen Philip Schauer, MD ASMBS IFSO SAGES is in Tampa in 2026!

🙏, SOARD Journal, for highlighting our study. 🩺 Early Marginal Ulceration continues to remain low in primary RYGB, and identifying relevant risk factors will help to continue to improve patient outcomes. Flori Corpodean Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Philip Schauer, MD #MetabolicSurgery #MBSAQIP_Study

SOARD Journal Philip Schauer, MD Zaher Toumi MD Neil Floch MD ASMBS #obsmuk #obsm chat Great work by our fantastic research team Pennington Biomedical Research Center Teresa Schauer Flori Corpodean Michael Kachmar, DO

Congrats to Teresa Schauer for her first pub and congrats to excellent research team! Pennington Biomedical Research Center LSU Department of Surgery LSU Health Sciences ASMBS IFSO Flori Corpodean Michael Kachmar, DO Bariatric News

Clinical Outcomes of Metabolic Surgery on Diuretic Use in Patients with Heart Failure - AmJ Cardiology ajconline.org/article/S0002-… American College of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology American Heart Association W. H. Wilson Tang, MD Michael Kachmar, DO Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Pennington Biomedical Research Center ASMBS Neil Floch MD Dr. John Kirwan Ali Aminian

🩺 Exciting findings from our study 📊 in American Journal of Cardiology 📉 💊 Significant 65% reduction in diuretic use observed in heart failure patients 24 months post-metabolic surgery, among other benefits. Flori Corpodean Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Philip Schauer, MD W. H. Wilson Tang, MD #MetabolicSurgery #HeartFailure

Results of Metabolic Surgery for BMI >70. Not too sick for surgery! doi.org/10.1007/s11695… Flori Corpodean Michael Kachmar, DO Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Pennington Biomedical Research Center LSU Department of Surgery LSU Health Sciences Dr. John Kirwan ASMBS IFSO Neil Floch MD Jaime Ponce MD Ali Aminian Omar M Ghanem @bariatricnews

Join us Aug 8 2024 at 6:30 PM ET. IS BMI > 70 Too Sick for Surgery? pbgrandrounds.org Pennington Biomedical Research Center ASMBS IFSO @bariatricnews Haris Khwaja SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! Neil Floch MD Jaime Ponce MD Samer Mattar Flori Corpodean Michael Kachmar, DO Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS @CarlosCgalvani

In case you missed it, Now available OnDeMand! pbgrandrounds.org Flori Corpodean Samer Mattar Pennington Biomedical Research Center Michael Kachmar, DO Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS ASMBS IFSO @bariatricnews Neil Floch MD Omar M Ghanem @AnnMRogersMD Jaime Ponce MD Dr Eric DeMaria Ali Aminian Haris Khwaja

BEST PAPERS SEPTEMBER ISSUE "BMI ≥ 70: A Multi-Center Institutional Experience of the Safety and Efficacy of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Intervention" DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s11695… FREE DOWNLOAD: rdcu.be/dVbDo

The SAGES Manual of #Metabolic and #Bariatric Surgery📘will be published in December 2024 (preorders 💻 available now) We attempted to cover all the possible topics, pathologies & techniques🪡🤖 More than 150 authors including patient’s perspective 👩🏽👨🏻‍💼 link.springer.com/book/978303172…

How payor status affects outcomes in metabolic surgery - another fantastic project led by our stellar postdoc Flori Corpodean Patients with public insurance benefit immensely with #metabolic surgery! #ACSCC24 Philip Schauer, MD Dr. John Kirwan LSU Health Sciences Pennington Biomedical Research Center LSU Department of Surgery ASMBS

Marc Michalsky, MD, MBA at the ASMBS Ohio/Kentucky chapter meeting on weight loss trajectories after #bariatric surgery in adolescents. By looking at weight 6 months after surgery, we can predict 10-year outcomes. That’s an opportunity to intervene early to improve longterm outcomes.

Metabolic and bariatric surgery safe and effective for patients with extremely severe obesity medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-m… via Medical Xpress Flori Corpodean Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Dr. John Kirwan Pennington Biomedical Research Center ASMBS IFSO Our Lady of the Lake LSU Health Sciences Michael Kachmar, DO Neil Floch MD Louisiana Department of Health

Honored to speak on #cancer and #obeisty at LSU Department of Surgery Cohn-Rives Surgical Society and to share the stage with a GIANT in Surgical Oncology Professor Sir Murray Brennan from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Proud to highlight our Pennington Biomedical Research Center research fellows groundbreaking work!