In this episode I catch up with our friend, Dr Walt Medlin. We talk about how COVID19 is impacting not only bariatric surgery but also our world, and ourselves.

A discussion for those who are pre-bariatric surgery and wondering if now is the time to move forward with your surgery?

In this episode I bring you my conversation with Marilyn Clark. Marilyn is a certified Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach, a radical self-care advocate, an obesity survivor, a bariatric patient, and a nutrition nerd. We cover her history as a person affected by obesity, how/why/and when she came to her decision to include Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as part of her treatment plan, and what her journey has been like since then. Her story will be both familiar to many of you and inspiring to all of you.

I want to share this poem by Alberto Rios because I love it and I have a rooftop from which I can share it. 

In this episode I bring you my conversation with Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA of ConscienHealth.org, founded in 2009. We discuss Ted's top 10 milestones over the past 10 years in Obesity and Health.

In this episode I welcome back research scientists, Dr. Randy Seeley. Dr Seeley is a Professor of Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Nutritional Science at the University of Michigan. In this episode we discuss bile acid metabolism, the gut microbiome, sleep apnea and the gut, and iron metabolism.

In this episode Kelley Gunter shares the story of her life before her bariatric surgery and her life since. For many reasons, this is a story that helps us understand the very meaning of the expression “to call on ones courage.”

Reeger Cortell, FNP is a featured guest on Don Moe's Weigh In Radio podcast where they talk about obesity and bariatric surgery: Where we have been, are, and are possibly going.

This episode features food addiction specialist and author of "Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction," Dr Vera Tarman.

In this episode I talk with bariatric surgeon, Dr Neil Floch. He shares his knowledgeable perspective on what is obesity and why it occurs, how bariatric surgery works, who should consider having bariatric surgery, what are some things he takes into consideration when discussing surgical options with patients, and as a bariatric surgeon what is his long term goal when it comes to treating the disease of obesity.

This episode is a conversation with Dr Denise Ratcliffe, a clinical psychologist specializing in bariatric surgery care. We talk about Dr Ratcliffe's recently published book, titled "Living with Bariatric Surgery: Managing Your Mind and Your Weight."

In this episode I bring you my conversation with Dr Angela Fitch. Dr Fitch is medical doctor at Massachusetts General Weight Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  As you are about to hear, her role is very comprehensive in that she provides obesity medicine care for pediatrics and adults seeking medical and bariatric surgery as part of […]

EPISODE 100! In 2013 when I launched the Weight Loss Surgery Podcast if you had asked me how many episodes I hope to publish I may have dared to say 20. In this episode I want to take a look back over some highlights between episodes 01 and 100. To help me do this I […]

In this episode we explore the topic of addiction. Much of the focus is on alcohol because as it pertains to bariatric surgery, that’s what been most significantly studied up to this point. However, as listeners will know, addiction comes in all forms and is certainly not limited to alcohol and drugs. To guide us […]

This episode brings an important topic to the forefront of the pre- and especially post bariatric surgery journey- the phenomena of Loss of Control (LOC) eating. In order to help us understand what Loss of control eating and is not, I had the pleasure of talking with two experts in the field, clinical psychologists and […]

In this episode we catch up with Leslie who had bariatric surgery, Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy specifically, in Tijuana, Mexico in May, 2018. If you have not heard our first episode together, published in June 2018, I strongly encourage you to go back and listen to episode 94, titled “Leslie Goes to Mexico.” This was a […]

In this episode, I called upon my professional colleagues from around the USA to offer some tips for you. Specifically, I reached out to non-physician professionals. You know, these are the team of people you see so often when you go to your bariatric surgery practice who are usually there with you each step of […]

In this episode, we catch up with our old friend, John Bukenas. This is John’s fourth time being a guest on the podcast. John is a fellow podcaster who is very open about his struggles with his weight. John and I have chatted on this podcast in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Our last conversation found […]

  In this episode, we follow the journey of Leslie, a 43 year old woman who went to Mexico for her bariatric surgery, and lucky for us, she took us with her. I have danced around the topic of medical tourism a little bit over the past five years, but I have never gone to […]

In this episode we follow-up with Jeff Newell. For those of you new to the podcast, Jeff had Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass (RYGB) on 12/1/2014 after reaching a lifetime highest weight of 533 lbs (242 kg). He has been a guest on the podcast before, specifically episodes 42, 43, 49, and 55 as we have followed along […]

Welcome to the Weight Loss Ssurgery Podcast where we talk about obesity and bariatric surgery one episode at a time. I’m your host, family nurse practitioner, Reeger Cortell. I recently heard the quote, “Great stories happen to people who can tell them.” I think that’s what this podcast is about, giving people the opportunity to […]

In this episode I have a conversation with Dr Arya Sharma. Dr Sharma is Professor and Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta, Canada as well as Medical Director of the Alberta Health Services Provincial Obesity Strategy. He also led the charge in creating the Canadian Obesity Network, which since its […]

In this episode, as I promised in my last episode, I bring back Dr Walter Medlin of the Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah to talk about the bariatric surgery known generally as Duodenal Switch, but commonly called the “D.S.” Now for those of you new to the podcast, welcome, I’ve got over […]