Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, FASMBSJohn E. Connolly Professor and Chair, Department of SurgeryUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA, USA Stacy A. Brethauer, MD, FASMBSDepartment of SurgeryThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, ABOMVice-Chair, Quality and Division Chief, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive SurgeryYale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT, USA Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBSMedical Director of Bariatric Surgery, Metabolic and Bariatric CareCHI Memorial HospitalChattanooga, TN, USA Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBSChairman, Department of General SurgeryThe Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic FloridaWeston, FL, USA