American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on accreditation of bariatric surgery centers endorsed by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
Surgical Weight Loss Center, Suffolk, VA.
Eric J
EJ
DeMaria
Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, PA.
Maher
M
El Chaar
Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, PA.
Ann M
AM
Rogers
Department of Surgery, Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Health Care Center, Palo Alto, CA.
Dan
D
Eisenberg
Department of Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI.
Kara J
KJ
Kallies
Department of Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI. Electronic address: snkothar@gundersenhealth.org.
Shanu N
SN
Kothari
D000068:Accreditation; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States