Bariatric Surgery
MD, FACS, FASMBS, Member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Executive Council, ASMBS - State Chapters Committee President, Founding President of the Louisiana chapter of ASMBS, USA
Dr. Rachel Moore is a private practice bariatric surgeon who is board-certified in both obesity medicine and surgery, and her special research interest is endolumenal treatments for obesity. She is the immediate past-President of the Louisiana chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the co-chair of the ASMBS Program Committee, and a former member of the ASMBS Executive Council. Dr. Moore was the founding President of the Louisiana chapter of the ASMBS and has been on its board since its inception. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, bariatric surgeon Michael Thomas, and their three children.
Selected publications from PubMed
Postoperative factors associated with hazardous alcohol use after metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Miller-Matero LR, Saleh D, Christopher B, Albujuq M, Haley EN, Vanderziel A, Braciszewski JM, Moore RS, Snodgrass M, Hamann A, Carlin AM, Jackson KM
Surg Endosc. 2026 Aug 10 doi: 10.1007/s00464-026-13270-x.
A Technology-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Examination of Six-month Follow-up Outcomes Following a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Miller-Matero LR, Pappas C, Christopher B, Grossi R, Vanderziel A, Friday PJ, Barnett NP, Moore RS, Carlin AM, Varban OA, Braciszewski JM
Obes Surg. 2026 Jul;36(7):3840-3846 doi: 10.1007/s11695-026-08804-0.
Patient Perspectives on the Course of Alcohol Use After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Prevention, Intervention, and Future Research.
Haley EN, Vanderziel AM, Braciszewski JM, Westerman H, Moore RS, Jackson KM, Hamann A, Carlin AM, Miller-Matero LR
Clin Obes. 2026 Feb;16(1):e70061 doi: 10.1111/cob.70061.
Factors Associated With Alcohol Use After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment.
Miller-Matero LR, Saleh D, Christopher B, Albujuq M, Vanderziel A, Haley EN, Braciszewski JM, Moore RS, Carlin AM, Jackson KM
JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Jan 14;15:e87209 doi: 10.2196/87209.
A Need for Strategies to Reduce Alcohol Use After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Technology-Based Intervention and Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Miller-Matero LR, Pappas C, Christopher B, Grossi R, Vanderziel A, Barnett NP, Moore RS, Bendit S, Hamann A, Carlin AM, Varban OA, Braciszewski JM
JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Jan 7;15:e80068 doi: 10.2196/80068.
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