Past-President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Chief of General and Bariatric Surgery Division at East Carolina University. 2013-2018 worked as a Bariatric Surgeon with Bon Secours In Virginia. Previously served as Director of 2 major University Weight Loss Surgery programs at Duke and at Virginia Commonwealth University. Pioneer in minimally invasive bariatric and general surgery procedures, international speaker, author of 139 original scientific articles / books / book chapters. Trained 30 laparoscopic and bariatric surgeons in Fellowship who now practice throughout the United States.
Selected publications from PubMed
Development of a predictive model for postoperative body mass index and diabetes outcomes after metabolic bariatric surgery: retrospective cohort study.
Ochs V, Kollmann L, Rosenblum I, Poljo A, Heule A, Enodien B, Chumakova-Orin M, DeMaria EJ, Burri E, Stoll R, Kollmar O, Rosenberg R, Probst P, Muller MK, Taha-Mehlitz S, Müller BP, Frey DM, Kalinowski P, Przybysz M, Bartkowiak M, Dalkilic MS, Sisik A, De Oliveria ROC, Martins F, Stenberg E, Andersson E, Olbers T, Flemming S, Seyfried F, Ponholzer F, Weissenbacher A, Öfner D, Betzler J, Otto M, Peterli R, Cattin PC, Taha A
BJS Open. 2026 Jul 3;10(4) doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag054.
Disparities in Access to Bariatric Surgery in North Carolina.
Wong JH, Burch AE, DeMaria EJ, Pories WJ, Irish WD
Am Surg. 2024 Nov;90(11):2710-2716 doi: 10.1177/00031348241248807.
MBSAQIP database: are the data reliable?
Clapp B, Lu L, Corbett J, Vahibe A, Mosleh KA, Salame M, Morton J, DeMaria EJ, Ghanem OM
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Feb;20(2):160-164 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.08.018.
An analysis of enhanced recovery pathways for bariatric surgery-preoperative fasting, carbohydrate loading, and aspiration risk: a position statement from the International Society for the Perioperative Care of Patients with Obesity.
Ngo F, Urman RD, English W, Kothari S, DeMaria E, Wadhwa A
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Mar;19(3):171-177 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.12.030.
Comment on: The role of preoperative toxicology screening in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
Ali AM, DeMaria EJ, Pories WJ
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Mar;19(3):193-194 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.12.009.
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