selected publications academic article Pulmonary embolism and gastrointestinal leak following bariatric surgery: When do major complications occur?. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 12:379-383. 2016 Delayed repair of obstructing ventral hernias is associated with higher mortality and morbidity. American Journal of Surgery. 210:833-837. 2015 Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Dialysis-Dependent Renal Failure. Obesity Surgery. 25:2088-2092. 2015 Synchronous Ventral Hernia Repair in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 25:1864-1868. 2015 Eating behavior and eating disorders in adults before bariatric surgery. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 48:215-222. 2015 Urinary incontinence before and after bariatric surgery. JAMA Internal Medicine. 175:1378-1387. 2015 Metabolic syndrome prevalence and associations in a bariatric surgery cohort from the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery-2 study. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 12:86-94. 2014 Course of depressive symptoms and treatment in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery (LABS-2) study. Obesity. 22:1799-1806. 2014 Hepatic pathology among patients without known liver disease undergoing bariatric surgery: Observations and a perspective from the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study. Seminars in Liver Disease. 34:98-107. 2014 Hyperinsulinemic syndrome: The metabolic syndrome is broader than you think. Surgery. 156:405-411. 2014 Hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: The BOLD experience. Obesity Surgery. 24:1120-1124. 2014 The effect of obesity in adolescence on adult health status. Pediatrics. 132:1098-1104. 2013 Baseline characteristics of participants in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2) study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 9:926-935. 2013 Weight change and health outcomes at 3 years after bariatric surgery among individuals with severe obesity. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 310:2416-2425. 2013 Pre- to postoperative changes in physical activity: Report from the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 8:522-532. 2012 Prevalence of adverse intraoperative events during obesity surgery and their sequelae. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 215:271-277.e3. 2012 Thirty-day mortality after bariatric surgery: Independently adjudicated causes of death in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery. 21:1687-1692. 2011 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass corrects hyperinsulinemia implications for the remission of type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 96:2525-2531. 2011 Duodenal-jejunal bypass surgery does not increase skeletal muscle insulin signal transduction or glucose disposal in Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats. Obesity Surgery. 21:231-237. 2011 Endoscopically-assisted tube thoracostomy placement in a super-morbidly obese patient with penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma. American Surgeon. 77:119-120. 2011 Reproductive health of women electing bariatric surgery. Fertility and Sterility. 94:1426-1431. 2010 Reply of the Authors: Polycystic ovary syndrome is common in patients undergoing bariatric surgery in a British center. Fertility and Sterility. 94:e42. 2010 chapter Incarcerated paraesophageal hernia. Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery. 203-210. 2013