Ninh T. Nguyen • Robin P. Blackstone
John M. Morton • Jaime Ponce
Raul J. Rosenthal
Editors

2015

Volume 1: Bariatric Surgery

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is comprised of a dynamic group of surgeons, physicians, and integrated health members, all of whom are constantly challenged to improve the care of obese patients. As acknowledged in a landmark 2013 decision by the American Medical Association, clinically severe obesity is a disease process that is associated with multiple life-threatening conditions that may lead to premature death.