Video Institution: VA Palo Alto Health Care System--Livermore CA

S047: Saber Ghiassi, MD MPH

SS10 Plenary Session 2 Keyword(s): cost savings, cost-savings, diabetes, healthcare costs, HTN, lifetime medication, morbid obesity, OSA, pharmaceutical savings, PPI, prescription drug costs, private insurance, RYGB

Posted on: 09/14/2010
Video Categories: Meeting Content, SAGES 2010 Meeting, SS10 Plenary Session 2
Learning Themes: Bariatrics
Presentation Types: Plenary Session
Video Authors: Eisenberg D, Ghiassi S, Morton J
Video Institutions: Stanford University School of Medicine--Stanford CA, VA Palo Alto Health Care System--Livermore CA

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SAGES recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on surgical practice and in surgeon wellness. SAGES’ Reimagining the Practice of Surgery Taskforce will present “Finding the Opportunities: Lessons from COVID and How We Live and Thrive as Surgeons” to look at ways in which innovative leadership at various levels may help transform […]

S047: Saber Ghiassi, MD MPH

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