The Global Burden of Obesity and Diabetes -- Pathophysiology of Obesity Comorbidity: The Effects of Chronically Increased Intraabdominal Pressure -- Medical Management of Obesity -- History of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery -- Developing a Successful Bariatric Surgery Program -- Essential Bariatric Equipment: Making your Facility More Accommodating to Bariatric Surgical Patients -- Patient Selection: Pathways to Surgery -- The Role of Behavioral Health in Bariatric Surgery -- Operating Room Positioning, Equipment and Instrumentation for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery -- Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery -- Postoperative Pathways in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery -- Bariatric Surgery: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement  -- Data Management for the Bariatric Surgery Program -- Sleeve Gastrectomy: Technique, Pearls, & Pitfalls -- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Management of Complications -- Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Revisional Procedure.- Laparoscopic Gastric Plication -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Technique -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Long-Term Management -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Management of Complications -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Controversies -- Bypass: Transoral Circular Stapler Gastrojejunostomy Technique -- Gastric Bypass: Transgastric Circular Stapler  Technique -- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Hand-Sewn Gastrojejunostomy Technique -- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Using Linear Stapled Technique/- Outcomes after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass -- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Management of Complications -- Gastric Bypass as a Revisional Procedure -- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Nutritional Management after Surgery -- Laparoscopic Malabsorptive Procedures: Technique of Duodenal Switch -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Management of Complications -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Management of Nutritional Complications after Biliopancreatic Diversion -- Alternative Minimally Invasive Options: Neural Modulation -- Intragastric Balloon -- Alternative Minimally Invasive Options: Endoluminal Bariatric Procedures -- Innovative Metabolic Operations -- Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Role of Flexible Endoscopy in the Practice of Bariatric Surgery -- Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents -- Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly -- The High-Risk Bariatric Patient -- Long-term Mortality after Bariatric Surgery -- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Gallbladder and Biliary Disease in Bariatric Surgery Patients -- Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Diabetes.- Cardiovascular Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Obesity and Cancer with Emphasis on Bariatric Surgery -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Bariatric Surgery Patients -- Ventral Hernias in the Bariatric Patient.- Plastic Surgery Following Weight Loss -- The Female Patient: Pregnancy and Gynecologic Issues in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Medicolegal Issues: The Pitfalls and Pratfalls of the Bariatric Surgery Practice.