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Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the thinnest of them all???

Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.  But what about health?   Yes it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Although one can only wonder how those fellows are feeling nowadays, with NASA funding cutbacks and all…. But I digress!  Beauty really does come within, if you feel beautiful then you’d look beautiful. Yet this […]

The Heavy Costs of Being Heavy: A Financial Juggernaut

How much would you spend dieting? How much would you spend if you remained overweight/obese? How much would you spend on bariatric surgery?  MONEEEYYYY$$$ (Yes, I’m singing the Pink Floyd song) The world is changing, physical activity is at an all time low. Cheap non-nutritional food is commonplace. Obesity has reached pandemic proportions. But in […]

Hunger Games: real life edition

Now that we’ve all had our fill of that ‘oh-so-good’ holiday homemade cooking, and that we all feel a little bit guilty (I know I feel a little bit guilty); its time for the much anticipated post on how hunger is regulated. Keep in mind that this information is what little understanding we have on […]

To Restrict Or Not To Restrict? That is the Procedure! (Part 1)

It’s been a week since we covered a very broad explanation of bariatric procedures, and the time is nigh for an in depth explanation of each one. We will start off this series with Restrictive Procedures. These procedures produce weight loss by effectively diminishing the amount of food that a person eats. The main mechanism that drives […]

A bright future for Bariatric Surgery

Regarded by many as an “infant branch” of medicine, bariatric surgery has taken big steps (not baby steps, pun intended) towards worldwide acceptance as a possible treatment in certain patients. These steps have been taken by many types of surgical innovations, medical breakthroughs and overall scientific prowess. One of these steps has been gaining considerable interest […]

We live in the times of bariatric surgery

 Current medical technology has placed us on the very edge of a new frontier. Surgical procedures that aid in weight loss and that prevent further recurrences are now a thing of the present. Gone are the days of administering potentially dangerous medications to morbidly obese patients in the hopes of diminishing their obesity-related health problems […]

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Dr. Pompa is a member of several distinguished organizations, where she attends meetings regularly and serves as faculty at:

  • Mexican Association of General Surgery
  • Mexican College of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • American Association of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic diseases as an international member
  • International Bariatric Club
  • Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
  • French Society for Digestive Surgery
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Harvard Alumnin Association

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