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Surgical Review Corporation's Research Division
was established to initiate, facilitate, conduct, report and fund research
related to the surgical care of the obese. These efforts are in direct support
of SRC's goals of promoting the delivery of bariatric surgical care with the
highest levels of efficacy, efficiency and safety. Additional bariatric surgeons, as well as scientists from other specialties are in the process of being added to the RAC.
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Eric J. DeMaria, M.D., FACS
Chairman, Research Advisory Committee Director
Duke Health System Weight Loss Surgery Program
Durham, North Carolina
Dr. DeMaria is the program director for the Duke Weight Loss Surgery Program. He joined Duke University in July 2005 where he was named chief of programs in Endosurgery and Obesity Surgery, Chief of Duke Surgery at Durham Regional Hospital, and vice chairman of Duke Network General Surgery. Dr. DeMaria received his medical degree at the Boston University School of Medicine in 1983, and then completed seven years of general surgical training at Brown University. He previously served on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University and led the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center and the Obesity Surgery Center. He is nationally known for his contributions to bariatric, advanced laparoscopic, and minimally invasive surgery and is an active member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and the ASMBS. Dr. DeMaria and his program are designated as an ASMBS BSCOE®.
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