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This registry lists the financial and professional relationships disclosed by MBS Digest's publisher, editors, contributors, and interviewees. Entries are self-reported and lightly edited for consistent formatting. For how we handle conflicts of interest, see our Disclosures page.

Current disclosures

John Scott — Publisher

  • Eli Lilly — speaker

  • Teleflex — speaker

  • Ethicon — speaker

  • MBS Digest — part owner

Colleen Kennedy — Editor

  • Johnson & Johnson MedTech — consulting

Shanu Kothari, MD — Editor

  • Medtronic — consultant

  • Minerra Health — investor/advisor

  • MBS Digest — Editor in Chief

Samer Mattar — Editor

  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Germany) — Advisory Board

  • American College of Surgeons — Site Surveyor

  • B2M Medical — consultant

  • GT Metabolic Solutions — investor

  • Intuitive Surgical, Inc. — speaker

  • MBS Digest — Editorial Board

  • SOARD — Associate Editor

  • Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark) — consultant

  • Suture Shield — investor

Philip Schauer — Editor

  • Ethicon — research grant, consulting

  • Medtronic — research grant

  • Lilly — research grant, consulting

  • Regeneron — consulting

  • SE Healthcare — equity

  • Mediflix — equity

  • Metabolic Health International — equity

Disclosures are self-reported and lightly edited for consistent formatting. Last updated: August 21, 2026.