Study Group: Surgeons who Perform Lap-Band Procedures(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 30
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Rubenstein Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Forrest Rubenstein, MD, FACS, is a Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon in private practice. Dr. Rubenstein is board certified in General, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He has experience in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, aortic surgery, trauma, endovascular surgery, drug eluting stents,...
Carlos Dujovne, MDProfessor of Medicine and Director
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY - CC
Carlos Dujovne, MD, is an Internist, Gastroenterologist, Clinical Pharmacologist, Certified Clinical Lipidologist, Fr. Prof. of Medicine and Pharmacology, and Director of Clinical Pharmacology's Lipid-Arteriosclerosis Prevention-Treatment Clinic in Dept. of Medicine and Pharmacology at University of...
Elliot Goodman, MDChief of Bariatric Surgery
BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER INC
Elliot Goodman, MD, is Chief of Bariatric Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. His main clinical interest is bariatric surgery. His research interests include the role of cytokines in the link between obesity...
Associate Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center (NY)
Howard Beaton, MD, is an Attending Surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Previously, he was the Chairman of Surgery at North General and NYU Downtown Hospitals. Dr. Beaton has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice of general surgery,...
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