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Neil Floch MD

@NeilFlochMD

4 years

We are NOT born with racism

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1 year

I have never used @twitter to discuss very personal matters but… This morning I lost my greatest friend and mentor. My father: Martin H. Floch MD He was a proud family man who also loved his work. He boasted only about how much he loved his job. He had incredible vision

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6 years

@NRA I will be happy to call for a @NRA consult the next time I am pulling bullets out a patient’s abdomen and stapling their guts closed. Hopefully we will never have children slaughtered in our schools again in this state of #Connecticut

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3 years

The BEST #vaccine is the one you can get

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5 years

I’m going to get harassed for saying this but every male surgeon should know how to cook and bake for his loved ones so that his wife can go out and crack chests, make high risk deliveries, and do emergent ER procedures. It’s part of being an incredible nurturer and caregiver.

Jennifer Gunter

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5 years

I’m going to get harassed for saying this, but every woman should be able to do an emergent c-section for an antepartum hemorrhage with a transverse lie and an anterior placenta previa. It’s a part of being an incredible nurturer and caregiver

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4 months

True story: I had one if not the MOST successful bariatric, general, and acute care surgery practices in Connecticut 15 years ago. One day my accountant and lawyer walked in the room for a meeting in the lobby of my office which I owned along with part of a surgical center. They

Howard Luks MD

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4 months

This is why non employed doctors are getting crushed. My surgeon was paid $456 for an hour+ long robotic abdominal procedure. And if you knew the anatomy, risks, training needed, etc… is just an absurdly low sum of $. Stop telling me it’s the doctors fees. And. He didn’t

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6 years

Most #doctors are united on this issue - we stand together - as a trauma surgeon - needless slaughter must stop! #mylane #thisismylane #thisisourlane #guncontrol -Doctors take on NRA over tweet warning them to 'stay in their lane' | TheHill

Doctors take on NRA over tweet warning them to ‘stay in their lane’

Medical doctors are taking on the National Rifle Association over a tweet from the gun rights group warning medical professionals to “stay in their lane.” The NRA on Thur…

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Neil Floch MD

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8 years

For those who erroneously believe that #obesity occurs because people eat too much and #exercise too little

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1 year

My last overnight #trauma call after 25 years! I am done! ✅ On to new and better adventures….

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7 years

I am a #surgeon for 21 years @MayoClinic fellowship trained 2 degrees, 5 year resident I live in a great nation built by immigrants, run by #potus calling others #ShitHole chased by malpractice lawyers abused by #insurers I fight for #patients I #unitedoctors on #twitter

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4 years

I just did my first sub-ten minute mile in ten years it’s a far cry my high school 5:00 mile but not bad for having only 1 1/2 lungs - you can do it! You can do unbelievable things if you put your mind to it!

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Neil Floch MD

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4 years

This is a MUST SEE video on the #Coronavirus in Italy. The #ICU intensivist explains the epidemic and treatment- Report From The Front Lines @JAMA_current - YouTube #Covid_19 #COVID ー19 #COVID

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4 months

Compliance: #Ozempic #Wegovy 16% Total Body weight loss - Must be compliant weekly #Mounjaro #ZepBound 22% Total Body weight loss -Must be compliant weekly Gastric Sleeve #Vsg 25-30% Total Body weight loss - Must be compliance ONCE All require eating healthy

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4 years

We are seeing that our sickest #covid patients below 50 have a BMI above 30. #obesity - are other institutions seeing this? @nyulangone @CMichaelGibson @medicalaxioms @arghavan_salles #medtwitter

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4 years

1. Everyone must wear a mask outside your house 2. Everyone must be tested 3. Positives should be isolated 4. Healthcare workers isolated 5. More masks - make them 6. More ventilators 7. Convalescent plasma 8. Continue lockdown

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Neil Floch MD

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7 years

When the #hospital construction team cements over the recovery room door overnight...

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5 years

#Obesity is a disease. Say it! Preach it! #Tweet it! Own it!

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6 years

@NRA The @nra has just ticked off HORDES of #Physicians - especially #traumasurgeons @JosephSakran This issue has just shifted one more gear up.

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6 years

Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.

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3 years

Everyday I live with the recurring frustration as I battle insurance companies, the government and the patients themselves that erroneously believe that #obesity is self-inflicted and therefore people with this disease are not worthy or entitled to be treated. This must change.

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1 year

Thanks so much to everyone. I greatly appreciate it.

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1 year

I am indescribably saddened by the loss of my father but optimistically surprised by the outward expression of sympathy and kindness by all people - friends and critics who have demonstrated that human compassion and emotional expression are alive and well in our society.

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3 years

Obesity is a disease

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4 years

This is a great article for anyone wanting to know about the signs and symptoms of #coronavirus - it accounts one of the first patients from #Wuhan #china #COVID19 #covid #covid19 ViA @DrEricDing

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4 years

These may be the MOST brilliantly spoken words of truth of our time. @SachaBaronCohen

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4 years

#Chloroquine and #hydroxychloroquine as available weapons to fight COVID-19 - ScienceDirect #COVID19

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3 years

Leadership and innovation come with taking calculated chances and moving in a direction where others had not dared to go before

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Neil Floch MD

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2 years

The most difficult part of being a surgeon is not the technique, not the finding of the correct diagnosis, not the determination of treatment or application, but living day to day with the general concern over the safety, recovery, and well being of our patients.

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Neil Floch MD

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3 years

Bariatric Surgery is NOT cosmetic surgery it improves medical conditions

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4 years

After 22 years... Today was my last day of private practice at @fcbariatrics and my first day as a #hospital System employee. I thank all my PATIENTS for the opportunity to CARE for them all these years & look forward to continuing to care for them in the future @NorwalkHospital

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4 years

This scuba #mask could be used with a #n95 filter paper covering the air intake. They are reusable and affordable- #newyork #COVID19 by ⁦ @docfloc60 ⁩ #covid19surgery

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5 years

You cannot help patients who do not help themselves

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2 years

Medicine is a science But… The application of Medicine is an art

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4 years

Major #medical advances that have already taken hold due to #COVID19 : 1. The virtual meeting in medical networks 2. Routine #telemedicine 3. International scientific collaboration via virtual meetings 4. Rapid validation or refuting of medical information via #Twitter

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Neil Floch MD

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7 years

As a human being and a #physician , the disrespect displayed for both by @United_Airline is inexcusable #neverflyunitedagain #hcsm

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8 years

Having to operate on my day off and missing my mothers birthday party I then saw this... and was humbled

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6 months

My gift came early. I have learned to always take care of people… even if it’s your birthday.

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5 years

#Obesity is more complex than #diet and exercise but CAN be explained in a NEW simple equation

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Neil Floch MD

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2 months

Dear patients- When a CT scan is done at another hospital, practice, or institution, I cannot see the results or the pictures. The law does not say that I can see them or get them. A law passed by the past president says that YOU have the right to see all your records but NOT

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2 years

The word ‘ #obese ’ is now considered unacceptable by the world’s academic community and should be changed by the @WHO to #obesity - because: a person has a disease called obesity and that person is NOT the disease itself. @pattynece @Eggface @PaulDavidsonPhD @ConscienHealth

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The term ‘obese’ is a slur because it is used to dehumanize us and harass us. It’s not because our feelings are hurt by an ‘accurate description’, it is an outdated term that does more harm than good. And as such, it should be eradicated. That’s it.

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3 years

Insurance should pay for a person to see a Registered Dietician to eat healthier

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1 year

My last official day at Norwalk Hospital, Nuvance today April 30, 2023

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Neil Floch MD

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5 years

Weight Loss Surgery is NOT an easy fix. It is a difficult step in a long treatment process that should NOT begin with #surgery and must NOT end with it either. Steps must be taken to alter an environment of poor eating and lack of activity.

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7 years

Those who believe #obesity is a simple behavioral problem...read the not simple biological & genetic causes of the disease @NatureRevGenet

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2 years

My intuitive 16 year old son asked me, “How can a health system that works to provide care depend on an insurance industry that profits by withholding care?” Does the #US have #healthcare all wrong? #medtwitter

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2 years

A Message about obesity today In the 1970s when malnutrition was the concern of the day and “food for all” was a pipe dream, the industrial complex took steps that turned “the great food ship” in the wrong direction. For 50 years we have been sailing the wrong way. 1/-

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6 years

#BariatricSurgery is not an alternative to changing one’s #diet and #exercise to lose #weight . Instead, it is the OPPORTUNITY to achieve #weightloss success while continuing #healthy eating habits and physical exercise #nfpoll (pic Gordon Mould)

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@NeilFlochMD

6 years

Since when was Confucius a #surgeon ?

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3 years

As a young doctor, I apologized to my patients for every time I could not be there to help them because I was not on call or had to sleep. As an experienced surgeon, I apologize to my wife and children for every event good and bad that I missed putting them second to my patients

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2 years

There are 3 types of villains: 1. The villain 2. The one that sides with the villain 3. The one that ignores the villain

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@NeilFlochMD

2 years

Obesity is NOT simply a problem of eating too much and exercising too little. Until we get these facts straight, we can’t begin to correct the problem.

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1 year

Over my 31 years as a doctor… I have learned that wherever you go, any specialty, any hospital system, any country, independent of our different politics, languages, or religions, we #healthcare workers are colleagues and collaborators. Disease and anything that comes between us

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2 years

Did I take that last sponge out of the abdomen? #some4surgery

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8 months

As a bariatric surgeon I am studying for the obesity medicine boards - I believe this education should be mandatory for: 1. Everyone who prescribes medications 2. Bariatric Surgeons 3. The pathophysiology as part of medical school education The ignorance concerning obesity by

Michael "Mike" Albert, MD

@MichaelAlbertMD

8 months

Some of the smartest docs I know have no clue about the science of obesity, more specifically, the pathophysiology of the chronic dz. It’s not their fault bc it’s not taught in med school or post-graduate training, but they should practice humility when discussing it publicly.

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3 years

A Little About Medical Journals - Walter Pories MD #medtwitter

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7 years

It is fascinating that in face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, people remain steadfast to believing falsely that, “ #obesity is a self-inflicted disease”, when simply, it is multifactorial in causation.

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8 years

I implore all #Physicians associated with #medicalschools to demand more #nutrition education for medical students

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5 years

The world has #obesity

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1 year

“2023: The Obesity Treatment Dilemma” Should I take a monthly injection that costs $600-1200 a month that causes 15-24% total body weight loss? Or Should I have a bariatric surgery that is covered by insurance or costs $20,000 and causes 33% Total body weight loss?

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1 year

It is an honor and privilege to be an Associate Professor of Surgery at Yale Medicine Department of Surgery @YaleMed and Director of Bariatric Surgery at Greenwich Hospital #BariatricSurgery Bariatric Surgery #Greenwich #Connecticut #Westchester #NY

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1 year

Looking to improve your health or get back to being active again? Join us for a live bariatric surgery webinar on July 10 at 6 pm to learn more about your options. Led by our board-certified bariatric surgeon, @NeilFlochMD : .

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5 years

On an airplane and the women behind me are discussing the #obesityepidemic and how 40% of the population have #obesity . Discussing many inaccuracies. Trying to hold back giving a impromptu lecture on the topic. People don’t know the facts...

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5 years

What do I do #surgery post-call? Get back from the #hospital ....and .....time to make the #potatolatkes

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5 years

Young docs: the way you treat your patients is very important. Look them in the eye when you talk to them, NOT at your computer screen #meded

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6 years

I a proud of our #physicians acting as leaders in the role to improve #guncontrol and reduce gun violence. When doctors work together, we can induce change #thisisourlane @choo_ek @arghavan_salles @JosephSakran @docmartin22

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6 years

Physicians full speed ahead in #ThisIsOurLane response to NRA, publishing new recommendations for reducing gun violence.

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4 years

The entire #surgery community on #twitter needs to commend @PipeCabreraV of @Cirbosque for performing an outstanding effort educating our international community of surgeons - every day is another lesson - you have brought #surgicaleducation to @Twitter

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1 year

My first ⁦ @YaleMed ⁩ ⁦ @GreenHosp ⁩ Bariatric Surgery seminar is in the books. Congratulations to THE PATIENTS Who took a BRAVE step forward to control their lives and improve their health 42% of Americans have #obesity

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@NeilFlochMD

5 years

Try juggling these three limes: Work, life, pleasure, With only two hands. This is the life of a #surgeon .

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@NeilFlochMD

3 years

It’s time for medical notes to change. Notes should be: 1. Concise 2. Include the pertinent positive and negative findings 3. Eliminate templated fluff 4. Bill based upon time allotted to patient care Let’s change now! #medicine #surgery #meded #medtwitter #cardiotwitter

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8 years

#Obesity as a Chronic Disease, Not a Character Flaw #diabetes #weightlosssurgery

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6 years

Unfortunately when gifted students finally become #physicians , they will discover that the practice of #medicine is no easier, no less stressful, no less burdensome to their families and no less financially challenging than being a medical student. We must treat #doctors better

NEJM

@NEJM

6 years

Roughly half of medical students experience burnout, and 10% report suicidal ideation during medical school.

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3 years

You will have twenty deer at your door if you feed them every morning

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5 years

#Doctor , your #MD degree does NOT make you an expert in #obesitymedicine - with your one week of #nutrition training in #medicalschool , an MD degree is only a prerequisite to begin learning. #obesity is a complex disease with causes & treatments that may defy common logic -learn!

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6 years

Maryanne lost a total of 94 pounds and no longer takes #insulin or any other #diabetic medications with blood #sugar consistently below 100 her #Diabetes appears to be in remission after #gastricbypass - #bariatricsurgery @asmbs @ASMBSCT1

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6 years

Treat every patient as you would want to be treated. Treat every patient as if they were part of your family.

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4 years

Smart people surround themselves with smarter people

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Neil Floch MD

@NeilFlochMD

5 years

Twelve years ago, I had major surgery. Being a patient forever changed my life and the way I treat others? #doctors #meded #twittermed #medtwitter #some4surgery #ilooklikeasurgeon Were you ever a patient? What happened? What is your story?

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1 year

@DGlaucomflecken Well @DGlaucomflecken it is the denial of coverage for both obesity treatment medications and for bariatric surgery. Somehow the medical evidence that supports the only long term and most successful treatments for #obesity is ignored and patients are allowed to be discriminated

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4 years

#PhysicalActivity is the best way to maintain #weightloss BUT is NOT the best way to lose the MOST #weight initially - that is the difference - A systematic review - #Obesity Reviews

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Neil Floch MD

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5 years

Everyone has an agenda, hidden or lucid. Here is mine: I hope to educate and communicate the facts surrounding #obesity . I hope all will listen to the evidence and refute the false dogma while understanding what remains the great unknown.

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5 years

DON’T QUIT! My brother Jeff died of metastatic #thyroid #cancer in 1999 at 40 years old...I found this in his top desk draw. It remained in my wallet until lost ...my wife found it this morning. Remember ...”The words of the ones we love always speak to us, listen for them” -nf

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9 years

"'Share a Coke with obesity': Group hijacks campaign to highlight dangers of soda" http://t.co/E6dU2sLiKC http://t.co/j3r7diBxSP

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4 years

I am now doing Robotic surgery and I can only conclusively say with confidence that: 1. My back hurts less 2. I can see much better 3. I have incredible control 4. My team works even more efficiently

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2 years

#Surgery is NOT a RACE Don’t be impressed by the #surgeon who does an operation the #fastest Be impressed by the surgeon who does surgery carefully, checks and double checks, and works efficiently while avoiding risk taking and making mistakes.

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3 years

IS IT A CURE? Randomized controlled prospective Bariatric Surgery study reveals 37.5% of patients are off all medications and have no sign of #diabetes after 10 years @TheLancet study published today - weight loss surgery INTERVIEW via @YouTube

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6 years

Mechanisms by which #bariatricsurgery physiologically induces #weightloss #obesity and improves #diabetes

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9 years

The Real causes of increased #food consumption and the result: #OBESITY

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1 year

Tonight the amazing operating room staff, physician assistants, and PA residents threw me a going away party. It was wonderful to be recognized and loved and I expressed my sincere appreciation for all that has been done for me at ⁦ @NorwalkHospital ⁩ - Thank You ❤️

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4 years

#Hospitals are now requiring all #healthcare workers to wear eye protection in all patient care areas - is your #hospital ? #medtwitter

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4 years

That 7am #coffee is a #surgeon ’s best friend. How many cups do YOU have a day? #medtwitter #surgtwitter #surgtweeting

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3 years

For those of you who think #obesity is NOT dangerous and insurance should not cover its treatment: Obesity causes #cancer ... 13 kinds @nejm #sb1007

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4 years

#Nurses #Doctors and #healthcare workers have been beaten & abused by our system and NOW continue to be beaten and abused... they don’t need clapping and they don’t need a thank you. They need protection from the virus and security to their families when the axe comes down #covid

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7 years

I am SICK of health insurance companies denying medically necessary procedures and being POWERLESS to help patients

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4 months

In reality your surgeon only gets $500 for a hernia repair but actually we get nothing because all payments go directly to the hospital or health system or large equity owned surgery practice.

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9 years

Best viral video explains why we have a global #obesity pandemic #obesity @ambs @bariatricpal http://t.co/4IKZYsmt4B

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4 years

Go out.....but be careful! If you have seen what I have seen, you would wear a #mask If you don’t wear a mask, you might SEE what I’ve seen....

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5 years

Apology to the women’s community of #doctors #nurses #physiciansassistants #RD @WomenSurgeons #ILookLikeASurgeon #heforshe @DanaTelem @arghavan_salles

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4 months

@jivanadi Pediatricians are the LOWEST paid physicians- many nurses make more money and certainly nurse anesthetist make significantly more money than most Pediatricians- it is criminal!!! Appreciate your Pediatrician! They are lifesavers!

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6 years

It’s time to STOP stigmatizing #obesity treatment! Coronary Artery disease= #CABG or stent Cancer= Chemotherapy & #surgery Obesity= #diet & #execise ...but the medical evidence for obesity supports #bariatricsurgery We MUST change our thinking!

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8 years

Trust me guys: low carb diet, stay skinny and WE WILL ALL SURVIVE!

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