Ninh T. Nguyen, MD Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery University of California Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA Raul Rosenthal, MD Department Chair Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (BMI) General Surgery Cleveland Clinic, Westin, FL Jamie Ponce Portugal, MD General Surgery Dalton Surgical Group PC Dalton, Georgia John Morton Associate Professor Med Center Line, General Surgery Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Robin P. Blackstone, MD, FACS Surgeon and Director Scottsdale Bariatric Center Medical Director Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Program Phoenix, AZ.