Impact of Bariatric Surgery in
Treatment of Severe Obesity

Dr. Rosenthal is a distinguished surgeon with an internationally recognized career. After completing his medical education and surgical residency in Argentina, he immigrated to Germany in 1982, where he repeated his residency in general surgery and became an attending surgeon. In 1993, he immigrated to the United States and continued his training with a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery. Since then, he has held numerous leadership positions at prominent medical institutions, including Chief of MIS and Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida. He is also a prolific author with numerous publications and has performed a wide range of surgical procedures and trained numerous fellows in advanced surgery.

Morbid obesity is a global epidemic with serious associated diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, and cancer. Bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective and long-lasting treatment. In this lecture, we will discuss the impact of bariatric surgery, the best candidates, the various surgical procedures considered standard, and the new drugs recently implemented for weight loss.