Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery News

Award Winners, 2023 Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science/Department of Surgery Research Day

Posted on April 26, 2023

On April 19, 2023 we held our 21st Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees were treated to an outstanding presentation, "Leading the Way: Applying American Surgical Leadership Principles to Improve Health Care for All" by this years’ Richard L. Simmons lecturer, Dean Adil Haider from Aga Khan University Medical College .

Dr. Callie Hlavin Interviewed by Healio

Posted on March 14, 2023

Congratulations to Callie Hlavin, MD who was interviewed and featured in Healio's news article, “Telemedicine may improve access to quality care, ‘narrow disparities’ in bariatric surgery”, which was published on March 13, 2023.

Work by MIS Published in JAMA Network Open

Posted on February 17, 2023

The paper “Clinical Outcomes and Hospital Utilization Among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery With Telemedicine Preoperative Care” by Callie Hlavin, MD, Phoebe Ingraham, and Tamara Byrd, MD was published in JAMA Network Open (journal impact factor: ~13). The authors stress the importance of telemedicine providing more accessibility and flexibility to patients receiving preoperative care for bariatric surgery.

Work by Minimally Invasive Bariatric Research Team Published in Obesity

Posted on January 26, 2023

The paper “Gut adaptation after gastric bypass in humans reveals metabolically significant shift in fuel metabolism” by Margaret A. Stefater-Richards, MD, and co-authors, who include our faculty and staff members Dr. Anita Courcoulas, William Gourash, and Eleanor Shirley, was chosen as an Editor's Choice for the January 2023 issue of Obesity. Congratulations!