Dr. Stacy Brethauer

General Surgery

Bariatric Surgeon Ohio State University; Past President (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) ASMBS, USA

United States of America

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Biography

Dr. Stacy Brethauer is a bariatric surgeon and Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he is the Vice Chair of Surgery for Quality and Patient Safety and the Medical Director of Supply Chain Management. He completed residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and fellowship at Cleveland Clinic where he remained on the faculty for 13 years prior to joining the department of surgery at Ohio State. He has held numerous leadership roles in ASMBS, is past-president of the society and co-chairs the Quality Committee for MBSAQIP. He serves as the ASMBS representative on the General Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery and is currently on the Steering Committee for development of the Focused Practice Designation for bariatric and metabolic surgery. Dr. Brethauer has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, over 40 book chapters and has edited four textbooks on bariatric surgery and quality in obesity care.

Publications

Selected publications from PubMed

Payor status differences in 30-day and 1-year outcomes after primary laparoscopic bariatric surgery.

Grieco A, Ko CY, Brethauer SA, Petrick AT

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Jul;21(7):752-759 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.015.

Bariatric surgery targeting opioid prescribing: a national model for effectively reducing opioid use after bariatric surgery.

Petrick AT, Shah TA, Gadaleta D, Gould J, Morton J, Smith A, Evans-Labok K, Knapp L, Ko CY, Brethauer SA

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Apr;21(4):402-410 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.11.011.

Renoprotective Effects of Metabolic Surgery Versus GLP1 Receptor Agonists on Progression of Kidney Impairment in Patients with Established Kidney Disease.

Aminian A, Gasoyan H, Zajichek A, Alavi MH, Casacchia NJ, Wilson R, Feng X, Corcelles R, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR, Kroh M, Rosenthal RJ, Taliercio JJ, Poggio ED, Nissen SE, Rothberg MB

Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 1;280(3):414-423 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006379.

Obesity-associated microbiomes instigate visceral adipose tissue inflammation by recruitment of distinct neutrophils.

Shantaram D, Hoyd R, Blaszczak AM, Antwi L, Jalilvand A, Wright VP, Liu J, Smith AJ, Bradley D, Lafuse W, Liu Y, Williams NF, Snyder O, Wheeler C, Needleman B, Brethauer S, Noria S, Renton D, Perry KA, Nagareddy P, Wozniak D, Mahajan S, Rana PSJB, Pietrzak M, Schlesinger LS, Spakowicz DJ, Hsueh WA

Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 27;15(1):5434 doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48935-5.

Transportation Factors and Postoperative Attendance and Weight Loss Through 24 Months.

Pratt KJ, Miller HJ, Hanks AS, Focht BC, Noria S, Brethauer S, Needleman B

Obes Surg. 2024 Jan;34(1):114-122 doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06906-7.

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13 min

Are VTE’s still a problem in a modern bariatric practice?

Clinical Case The major risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) include obesity and surgery . The incidence of VTE, presenting as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, after bariatric surgery has been reported at between 0.3 and 2%. There is at present no consensus as to which prophylactic regimen is best for bariatric surgery patients in the peri-operative period, and practice varies substantially between centers. This subject is pertinent as bariatric surgery remains the best treatment for obesity and related co-morbidities, and as the global population becomes increasingly obese the demand for such surgery is likely to increase. Although the incidence of VTE has been modest, the widespread increase in bariatric surgery and the adoption of laparoscopic techniques could lead to a relatively large number of patients developing, and possibly dying of, VTE. Because these are potentially preventable deaths, primary prevention is the key to reducing VTE morbidity and mortality. In this lecture, Stacy Brethauer reviews the current impact of TE on Bariatric Surgery , the best options to prevent it, and in which cases special care must be taken. [Image]

Published

Nov 2017

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