Sections will address the evolution in specific treatments available to patients, initial evaluation and selection of procedures for individual patients, the latest surgical and endoscopic techniques being employed to treat patients including data on outcomes, and future directions for therapy. In particular and unique amongst references, a major focus of this text will be on both the bariatric and metabolic bases of therapies and outcomes.

Part I: SAGES Masters Program.- Introduction: Sages Masters Program Bariatric Pathway.- Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Adjustable Gastric Band.- Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.- Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass.- Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Revision of Adjustable Gastric Band.- Part II: Bariatric Programs in 2018.- Bariatric Surgery: An Historical Perspective.- The Obesity Epidemic.- Patient Selections Prior to Bariatric Surgery.- The Role of Advanced Practice Provider in the Management of the Bariatric Patient.- The Role of Social Worker in the Management of the Bariatric Patient.- The Role of the Psychologist in the Management of the Bariatric Patient.- Pre-Operative Checklist for Bariatric Surgery.- Postoperative Care Pathways for the Bariatric Patient.- The MBSAQIP (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program) Comprehensive Bariatric Program (MBSAQIP-ASMBS/ACS).- Establishing a Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Program.- Long Term Follow-Up of Bariatric Patients.- Part III Treatment.- Medically Supervised Weight-Loss Programs- Index Endoscopic Malabsorptive Procedures in Obesity Treatment: Techniques and Outcomes.- Neurohormonal Procedures in Obesity Treatment.- The Genetic and Microbial Influences in Obesity.- The Role of Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, and Post-Operative Diagnostic Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery.- Long-Term Nutritional/Metabolic Sequelae of Bariatric Surgery.- Robotic Index Bariatric Surgery.- Duodenal Switch: Technique and Outcomes.- Comparative Surgical Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery.- Part IV: Complications.- Complications of Endolumenal Bariatric Therapies (EBTs).- Complications of Adjustable Gastric Banding.- Complications of Sleeve Gastrectomy.- Complications of Roux-en Gastric Bypass.- Complications of Biliopancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch.- Part V: Revision and Conversion.- Weight Recidivism after Bariatric Surgery: Evaluation and Implications.- Revision Endolumenal Therapies for Weight Recidivism.- Conversion and Revisional Surgery: Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass.- Conversion and Revisional Surgery: Duedenal Switch.- Robotic Conversion and Revisional Surgery.- Part VI: Special Circumstances.- Bariatric Emergencies for the General Surgeon.- Social Medial and Bariatric Surgery.- Bariatric Tourism: Bidirectional and in the U.S.- Pregnancy and Bariatric Surgery.- Solid Organ Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery.- Adolescents and Bariatric Surgery: Techniques and Outcomes.- Esophageal Reflux Disease Before and After Bariatric Surgery.