In the 1990s, Dr. Henrik Kehlet introduced the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), pioneering multimodal surgical care. Initially applied to patients undergoing colonic surgery, ERAS ...

BETHESDA, Md. (April 28, 2023) — Just 4% of patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery developed obesity-associated cancer in a 10-year follow up, compared to 8.9% among those who did not ...

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. As a physician-scientist in molecular biology, she uses her research on diabetes, lipid disorders, ...

The impact of prediabetes on cerebrovascular risk among patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

Gallstones are hard deposits that form in the gallbladder. About a quarter of people with gallstones need treatment, which is usually surgery. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

Cleveland Clinic has a new chair of its Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute. The Clinic announced that Dr. Miguel Regueiro has been named to the position, succeeding Dr. Matthew Walsh, who had ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS, Endowed Chair Daniel Chu, M.D., MSPH, FACS, FASCRS, has been selected as associate division ...

Experts from UAB and across the country lecture on a range of cutting-edge surgical topics. Surgical Grand Rounds is held weekly on Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium or via ...