Bariatric Times

Our ongoing Bariatric Times column, Anesthestic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery, is authored by members of ISPCOP. The most current e-edition can be viewed at . See below for links to previously published columns.

If you are interested in writing a column, contact Dr. Stephanie Jones, sbjones@bidmc.harvard.edu. 700-1000 words, figures/tables/photos encouraged.

Thank you to all our authors!

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Member Articles

5th Annual Symposium of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP)

January 2017

Patrick Ziemann-Gimmel, MD and Roman Schumann, MD

Obesity as a Focus in Anesthesiology Research Between 2000 and 2014: An Unmet Need?

March 2016

Ingrid Moreno-Duarte, MD; and Roman Schumann, MD

General Anesthesia for Vaginal Delivery of Twins in an Anticoagulated Obese Woman

August 2015

Vilma E. Ortiz, MD

An Interview with Dr. Stephanie B. Jones, President of ISPCOP

February 2014

Multimodal Analgesia in Patients with Morbid Obesity

November 2013

Preet Mohinder Singh, MD and Anupama Wadhwa, MD

Ultra Fast-Track Pathways for Bariatric Surgery

September 2013

Marilu Giacalone, MD; Shantale Cyr, PhD; Nicola Pagnucci, MSN; and Thomas M. Hemmerling, MSc, MD, DEAA

Regional Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery

June 2013

Marilu Giacalone, MD; Shantale Cyr, PhD; and Thomas M. Hemmerling, MSc, MD, DEAA

Intraoperative Fluid Assessment in Patients with Obesity

May 2013

Konstantin Balonov, MD

Successful Anesthetic Management of Rigid Bronchoscopy-Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy in a Patient with Morbid Obesity

March 2013

Nicholas Wasson, MD, and Stephanie B. Jones, MD

The Parturient with Morbid Obesity

January 2013

Yigal Leykin, MD, MSc, and Alessandro Laudani, MD

Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Morbid Obesity

November 2012

Adrian Alvarez, MD

Reports, Registries, and Education in Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient – A European Update

September 2012
Mike Margarson, MD, FRCA, FFICM

Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery: Addressing Challenges

June 2012
Ashish C. Sinha, MBBS, MD, PhD

Obesity, Surgery, and Perioperative Inflammation Research: Where is it Going?

April 2012
Roman Schumann, MD

Airway Management in Bariatric Surgery: A Challenge for Anesthesiologists

February 2012
Riccardo Taddei, MD; Nora Terrasini, MD; Cedrick Zaouter, MD; Erik Arbeid, MD; and Thomas M. Hemmerling, MSc, MD, DEAA

Highlights from the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists October 15-19, 2011, Chicago, Illinois

December 2011
Stephanie B. Jones, MD, and Roman Schumann, MD

An Update on Anesthesia

October 2011
Mike Margarson, MD, FRCA, FFICM

International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient

July 2011
Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD, DABA, and Anupama Wadhwa, MD