Resources
Below are various resources that aim to help guide practitioners in their day to day activities in their treatment for metabolic and bariatric surgery.
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​The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) combined their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®).
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​The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) has launched a new surgical risk/benefit calculator that will provide metabolic and bariatric surgeons and their patients with accurate, patient-specific information to guide surgical decision making and informed consent.
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MBSAQIP Accredited Bariatric Surgery Centers located in the state of New York
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​This document outlines recommendations for the psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients, appropriate qualifications of those conducting these evaluations, communication of evaluation results and suggested treatment plan, and the extension of behavioral healthcare of the bariatric patient to the entire span of the surgical and postsurgical process.
