ASGE EndoVators Summit: Defining the Role and Value of Endoscopic Therapies in Obesity Management

ASGE EndoVators Task Force

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3-14
Number of pages12
JournalObesity Surgery
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

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The ASGE and ABE would like to acknowledge Patricia V. Blake, ASGE Chief Executive Officer; Barbara Connell, ASGE Chief Operating Officer; and Gina Steiner, ABE Executive Director and ASGE Director of Communications for their invaluable support in organizing the EndoVators Summit as well as in the drafting of this white paper. Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH, Caroline Apovian, MD, Carol Burke, MD, FACG, Bipan Chand, MD, FASGE, FACS, FASMBS, Anil Chandraker, MD, Thomas Deas, MD, MMM, FASGE, William Dietz, MD, PhD, Brian Dunkin, MD, Opella Ernest, MD, Douglas Faigel, MD, FASGE, Shawn Garber, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD, Nitin Kumar, MD, Robert Kushner, MD, Michael C. Larsen, MD, Herbert Lerner, MD, Glenn Littenberg, MD, MACP, FASGE, Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD, Samer Mattar, MD, FACS, FRCS, FASMBS, Rachel Moore, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Mary Rinella, MD, Richard Rothstein, MD, Dean Schillinger, MD, Bonnie Spring, PhD, Shelby Sullivan, MD, Jeffrey Tice, MD, John Vargo, MD, MPH, Erik Wilson, MD, Karen Woods, MD, FASGE, FACG, Natan Zundel, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Prepared by: ASGE EndoVators Task Force This document was reviewed and approved by the Governing Board of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). ∗Reprint requests: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, FASGE, San Francisco VA Healthcare System, University of California San Francisco. © 2017 by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. This article is being published jointly in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Obesity Surgery, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Surgical Endoscopy, and the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. The following societies have endorsed this document: The American College of Gastroenterology and The Obesity Society. The full list of collaborator names from the ASGE EndoVators Task Force is listed in the acknowledgement section at the end of the article.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

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