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Expert medical advice from a leader in the field of bariatric surgery at one of the nation's best hospitals. The numbers are staggering: One in 50 Americans are morbidly obese. For them, weight loss surgery may be their best hope for survival. Ten million people explore the option of weight loss surgery each year. Many have numerous questions about the risks and potential rewards.

In "The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Weight Loss Surgery," Dr. Philip Schauer, Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, provides the counseling and advice needed to commit to this life altering decision. He takes you step by step through the process of preparing for surgery, the bariatric surgical procedures, life after the surgery, and more.

Philip Schauer has contributed to The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Weight Loss Surgery as an author.Philip R. Schauer, MD, is Chief of Minimally Invasive General Surgery and Director of the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. He is also Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He is immediate Past President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

He is Past Chairman of the research, as well as training and credentialing committees of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. He is also a member of International Federation of Surgery for Obesity (IFSO), the North American Society for t