bariatric surgery

March 18, 2024

Bariatric surgery linked to cardiometabolic health improvements: study

Bariatric surgery can lead to significant cardiometabolic health improvements using a variety of measures, including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and hemoglobin A1C, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.  

By Jill Clendening
Bariatric surgery patient Veronica Llamas-Barajas recently received a heart transplant.
September 15, 2022

Patient’s care journey included LVAD, bariatric surgery, transplant

When Veronica Llamas-Barajas received a heart transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in April, it was the culmination of a seven-year journey.

By Matt Batcheldor
Patient Veronica Llamas-Barajas (light gray shirt) with members of her care team, from left, Casey West, MSN, ANP-BC, Sandip Zalawadiya, MBBS, Jessica Hassler, RN, Wendy Tarpley, RN, and Wayne English, MD.
January 13, 2022

Bariatric surgery gave LVAD patient second chance at life

Veronica Llamas-Barajas is the first LVAD patient at Vanderbilt to undergo bariatric surgery.

By Matt Batcheldor
Christopher Menzel, MD, right, performed gastric bypass surgery for Kristian Wernet, left, a patient of the new Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center in Lebanon, Tennessee.
April 13, 2021

Weight Loss Center at VWCH helps expand bariatric surgery options

In May 2020, dangerously high blood pressure put 44-year-old Kristian Wernet in the hospital, a tipping point that led him to become one of the first individuals to have gastric bypass surgery at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) as a patient of the new Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center in Lebanon, Tennessee.

By Jill Clendening
January 10, 2019

Bile acids mediate metabolic benefits of weight-loss surgery

A team of Vanderbilt investigators has pinpointed the role of bile acids and a specific signaling pathway in the positive metabolic effects of weight-loss surgery.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 30, 2018

Investigators find that bile acids reduce cocaine reward

Bile acids — gut compounds that aid in the digestion of dietary fats — reduce the desire for cocaine, according to a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 10, 2017

My Southern Health: Four myths and facts about weight-loss surgery

Weight-loss surgery is very effective helping some people lose 50 to 75 percent of excess body weight, producing great control of health conditions and improving quality of life. There are several myths associated with surgery; here they are with the facts.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 20, 2017

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Bariatric Surgery director Clements

Ronald Clements, M.D., professor of Surgery and the past director of Bariatric Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died Jan. 19 at home surrounded by his family. He was 50.
By Jill Clendening
December 8, 2016

Balloon system offers non-surgical weight loss option

If you’ve got excess pounds to lose but don’t qualify for bariatric surgery, a new non-surgical, fully reversible weight loss option will soon be offered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
By Jill Clendening
January 7, 2016

VPMM symposium to explore bariatric surgery’s development

By Doug Campbell
September 3, 2015

Study to compare benefits of bariatric surgery methods

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are participating in a national study to compare the health benefits and safety of three main methods of bariatric, or weight-loss surgery.
By Bill Snyder
December 19, 2013

Bariatric surgery’s metabolic impact to be explored

Vanderbilt University researchers have received a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a mouse model of the metabolic and hormonal changes caused by bariatric surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications