Future of Surgery
What bariatric surgery becomes in the GLP-1 decade
Surgery is no longer the only effective tool for obesity. That changes what surgery is for — not whether it matters.
Full essay forthcomingInsights
Essays and commentary on the future of metabolic medicine.
Short pieces on the questions I find myself answering most often — from patients, surgeons in training, journalists, and the broader medical community.
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Artificial Intelligence
AI in the operating room: where it helps, and where it doesn't
Decision support, intra-op video analysis, and post-op risk scoring — the practical frontier of clinical AI.
Full essay forthcomingMedical Tourism
Medical tourism, done ethically
Cross-border care can be safe and excellent. The question is what infrastructure makes it that way.
Full essay forthcomingPatient Education
Obesity is a chronic disease. Treat it like one.
The shift from event-based to relationship-based care is the most important change of the last twenty years.
Full essay forthcomingLeadership
Training the next generation of bariatric surgeons
What we've learned from a decade of international fellowships, broadcasting, and the IBC–Oxford program.
Full essay forthcomingInnovation
Innovation with responsibility
Every new device, technique, and platform must answer the same question: does this make patients safer?
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