News Archive:

FSF Awarded Program Director Erik Wilson in the news: NOVEMBER 2012

"Bariatric Surgery Beats Drug Therapy for Obese Diabetics" JUNE 20, 2012
Philip Schauer, MD an FSF Program Director at Cleveland Clinic is mentioned in Pharmacy Practice News

University of Miami Bariatric Surgeon and FSF Program Director Dr. Nestor De La Cruz Munoz in the news and on local NBC Station. June 18, 2012
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Froedtert & Medical College Weight Loss Surgery: Cited for Excellence
Awarded FSF Program in Wisconsin Receives The "Center of Excellence" from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 Years. April 4, 2012
Dr. Pier Giulianotti, FSF funded program director at the University of Illinois at Chicago is mentioned in this news article "Health Canal" web magazine.
Patient beats odds and receives a kidney transplant 17 years after diagnosis  using latest robotic surgery procedure.

FSF CLEVELAND CLINIC PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN THE NEWS. March 26, 2012
Dr. Philip Schauer FSF awarded program director at Cleveland Clinic in Bariatric and colleagues presented the STAMPEDE (Surgical Treatment and Medications Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently) trial  presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago.

FSF AWARDED PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN THE NEWS ON LOCAL NBC NEWS STATION MIAMI. Feb 17, 2012

Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal, FACS, FASMBS Program Director at Cleveland Clinic, Florida and a FSF awarded programs was recently interviewed by the local NBC News affiliate in Miami regarding a new weight loss pharmaceutical (Qnexa) being reconsidered by the FDA. As reported from NBC 6 Miami.

FSF AWARDED PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN THE NEWS. January 31, 2012
Dr. Raul J Rosenthal, FACS, FASMBS Program Director at Cleveland Clinic, Florida one of the FSF awarded programs was recently quoted in this article "International Panel of Leading Bariatric Surgeons Reached Consensus on Optimal Techniques for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy".

The Foundation is please to add a new feature called "The Fellowship Newsletter". January 26, 2012
This will be a quarterly publication that will cover news, events and keep you abreast of important dates of the foundation.

FSF awarded program performs the first robotic surgery in the Midwest. January 25, 2012
Pier Giulianotti MD, FACS, program director at University of Illinois at Chicago, one of FSF awarded programs for MIS General Surgery performed the first robotic surgery to remove a gallbladder via a single port. Click on link to read article "A Midwest first – University of Illinois surgeons perform robotic gallbladder removal via a single port" in MEDILL Reports Chicago.
Here is another link about this Midwest First from the Chicago Journal.

FSF President Dr. Greg Stiegmann is quoted in this news article.
University of Colorado Hospital offers partnership, model for Memorial. January 07, 2012
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FSF Awarded Programs in the News
Dr. Ninh T. Nguyen, Program Director at University of California, Irvine Medical Center, one of the FSF awarded programs for MIS/Bariatric Surgery was recently quoted in the article  http://bit.ly/ufytHt "Mortality from Bariatric Surgery Found Lower at Accredited Centers" inGeneral Surgery News, December 2011 issue.

General Summary of FSF Metric & Award Process 2011-2012

Should Residents Do a Fellowship? Experts Explore the Pros and Cons
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