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MBS Digest Editorial Board
Every article in the Digest is selected by a board of practicing metabolic and bariatric experts, not by any single editor. The board reads, ranks, and votes independently each cycle, so what reaches your inbox reflects the field, not one point of view.
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.
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.