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

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Jun;12(5):946-954. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.04.020. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

Authors

Eric J DeMaria¹, Maher El Chaar², Ann M Rogers³, Dan Eisenberg⁴, Kara J Kallies⁵, Shanu N Kothari⁶; American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Clinical Issues Committee

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Weight Loss Center, Suffolk, VA.
² Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, PA.
³ Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, PA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Health Care Center, Palo Alto, CA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI. Electronic address: snkothar@gundersenhealth.org.

PMID: 27317595
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.04.020

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Accreditation
Bariatric Surgery / standards*
Health Facility Size
Health Services Accessibility / standards
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Societies, Medical
Surgicenters / standards*
United States