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Gastric Bypass Surgeries Increasingly Commonplace

Once experimental surgeries, gastric bypass and gastric banding procedures are now becoming more commonplace in a weight conscience society. These procedures are among the hottest elective surgery options available.

Guest Dr. Thomas Magnuson

Chief of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital,
Director of the Johns Hopkins Obesity Surgery Service



Guest Dr. Lawrence Cheskin

Director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Associate Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health