on June 21, 2012 |
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Topics: Service Lines, Bariatric, Centers of Excellence, Business Development, Strategy
Charlotte Tsui
The exhibitor hall at the 29th annual ASMBS meeting this year represented a wide gamut of weight loss surgery vendors—from those for medical device companies to nutrition supplement providers. Below, we present our main observations.
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ASMBS 2012 - Vendor floor report
on June 21, 2012 |
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Topics: Bariatric, Service Lines, Surgery, Centers of Excellence, Business Development, Strategy, Technology Assessment, Planning
Charlotte Tsui
Clinical sessions and papers at the ASMBS convention this year indicated widening support for sleeve gastrectomy (SG), a surgical procedure involving partial resection of the stomach.
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ASMBS 2012 - Research continues to strongly support sleeve gastrectomy
on June 20, 2012 |
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Topics: Centers of Excellence, Business Development, Strategy, Program Infrastructure, Bariatric, Service Lines
Charlotte Tsui
It is hard to imagine that June—and with it, the annual ASMBS (American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery) conference—is upon us again. The conference is taking place during an exciting time for the bariatric industry, which is anxiously awaiting a new set of bariatric Center of Excellence (CoE) recommendations next year. The last few months alone have seen a number of developments in bariatrics—most notably the merger of the ASMBS and ACS (American College of Surgeons) bariatric surgery accrediting bodies. Suffice to say, our team is eager for a chance to hear first-hand from clinicians and other national champions at the meeting this week.
Here, we have outlined what we are most looking forward to.
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Preview to ASMBS 2012 - key topics to watch for in bariatric surgery
