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MBS Digest Editorial Board
Every article in the Digest is selected by a board of practicing metabolic and bariatric experts, decided by vote each cycle, not by any single editor. The board reads, ranks, and votes independently, so what reaches your inbox reflects the field.
Chair of Surgery at Prisma Health and a past president of the ASMBS, with roughly 25 years in metabolic and bariatric surgery. Recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists (Stanford), he brings a department chair's perspective and decades of operative and research experience to the Digest's editorial direction.
Founder of MBS Digest and a board-certified metabolic and bariatric surgeon in Greenville, South Carolina. Clinical Professor of Surgery at the USC School of Medicine Greenville, Fellowship Program Director in minimally invasive surgery, and 2026 Vice-President of the ASMBS. Associate Editor of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, with nearly 20 years in practice and more than 3,000 operations performed.
Mary Kay and Terrell Brown Professor of Metabolic Surgery at Pennington Biomedical Research Center (LSU) and Director of the Metamor Metabolic Institute. Past president of the ASMBS and principal investigator of the landmark STAMPEDE trial, which established metabolic surgery as a durable treatment for type 2 diabetes. He has performed more than 9,000 operations across five continents and authored over 500 papers with more than 53,000 citations.
Bariatric & metabolic surgeon and biomedical engineer at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, and Clinical Adjunct Professor at Universidad de los Andes. As Editor for Latin America, he reviews and curates the Spanish-language edition of MBS Digest.
Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Division at Baylor College of Medicine. Past President of the ASMBS and of the Fellowship Council, Vice-President of the North American Chapter of IFSO, and a Governor of the American College of Surgeons. His clinical focus is standardizing pathways and optimizing patient outcomes through comprehensive, patient-centered metabolic programs.
Medical Director of the Weight Loss & Wellness Center of Iowa, providing both surgical and medical treatment of obesity, and Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. Past President of the ASMBS (2022–2023), Associate Editor of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, and an MBSAQIP leader as Co-Chair of the Standards and Verification Committee. Stanford fellowship–trained, she has performed more than 4,000 bariatric surgeries over 18 years.
Associate Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic and Chair of the ASMBS Emerging Technology and Procedures Committee, the group that evaluates what moves from research to the operating room. He holds a PhD in the intestinal physiology of bariatric surgery, is board certified in both the US and Canada, and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers cited over 3,000 times.
Founder of Kennedy Bariatrics in Rockwall, Texas, and a fellowship-trained minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon (Cleveland Clinic Florida). Among the first 100 surgeons to earn the Focused Practice Designation in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, she formerly served on the ASMBS Board of Directors and currently sits on the Texas Association of Bariatric Surgeons Executive Council.
