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Social Media and Bariatric Surgery

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Physician use of social media is ever increasing. Since the beginning of the widespread use of social media in 2005, the use of social media in US adults has increased to 87% in a 2014 study. There is widespread adoption of several social media platforms, but no generalized consensus on the best way to utilize each platform for a physician’s practice. This chapter looks at the history of social media and its impact on surgeons and provides insight into who should use it and why and how.

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  1. Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Philip E. George

  2. Mount Sinai Health System, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Laparoscopic Surgical Center of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Brian P. Jacob

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  1. Foregut and Bariatric Surgeon, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Kevin M. Reavis

  2. Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, Department of Surgery, Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine, Forest Hills, New York, USA

    Allison M. Barrett

  3. Institute Chief, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Matthew D. Kroh

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George, P.E., Jacob, B.P. (2018). Social Media and Bariatric Surgery. In: Reavis, K., Barrett, A., Kroh, M. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71282-6_42

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