Help for Obesity, article in Augusta Magazine

Teaching Areas
My teaching interest is in gastrointestinal disorders, solid organ disorders, complex hernia, morbid obesity basic and advance laparoscopic surgical techniques. I also have a strong interest in surgical education and surgical skills training outside of the operating room.

Professional Societies:

• American College of Surgeons, Member, 1999-present
• Society for Critical Care Medicine, Member, 2003-present
• American Medical Association, Member, 2003-present
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Member 2005-present
• National Medical Association, Member, 2005-present
• Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Member, 2005-present
• The Association for Surgical Education, Member, 2007-present
• American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Member 2005-present
• NIDDK, Network of Minority Research Investigators, 2008-present

Awards and Honors:

• J.T. Tai Foundation Scholarship, The George Washington University School of Medicine
• Horowitz Scholarship, The George Washington University School of Medicine
• National Medical Fellowship, The George Washington University School of Medicine
• Hilda Drake Scholarship, The George Washington University School of Medicine
• Award for Outstanding Effort in Developing Skills Curriculum, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 2008
• National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, 2009-2011
• MCG Diabetes and Obesity Discovery Institute Grant (100K), 2008

Publications

1. Edwards MA,* Grinbaum R, Ellsmere J, Jones DB, Schneider BE.  Intussusception after roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: A case report and literature review of a rare complication. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2006; 2(4): 483-489.
2. Edwards MA,* Jones DB, Ellsmere J, Grinbaum R, Schneider BE.  Anastomotic leak following antecolic versus retrocolic laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Obes Surg 2007; 17: 292-297.
3. Edwards MA,* Grinbaum R, Schneider BE, Walsh A, Ellsmere J*, Jones DB. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Surg Endosc 2007 Nov; 21(11):1950-6. Epub 2007 May 5
4. MacFadyen BV,* Edwards MA. Is ERCP necessary in all patients with an abnormal intraoperative cholangiogram? Nat Clin Prac Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007; 4(1):20-21.
5. Ellsmere J,* Kane R, Grinbaum R, Edwards MA, Schneider BE, Jones DB.  Intra-operative ultrasonography during planned liver resections: why are we still performing it? Surg Endosc 2007 Aug; 21(8):1280-3.
6. Bittner JG*, Coverdill JE, Imam T, Deladisma AM, Edwards MA, Mellinger JD. Do increased training requirements in gastrointestinal endoscopy and advanced laparoscopy necessitate a paradigm shift? A survey of program directors in surgery. J Surg Educ 2008; 65(6):418-430.
7. Bittner JG,* Edwards MA, Shah M, MacFadyen BV, Mellinger JD.  Mesh-free laparoscopic spigelian herniorrhaphy. Am Surg 2008; 74 (8):713-720.
8. Xing Y*, Parker RC, Edwards MA, Rainey WE, 2010.  Adrenocorticotrophic hormone is a potent regulator of gene expression in human adrenal cell. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 2010; 45:59-68.
9. Xing Y, Edwards MA, Ahlem C, Kennedy M, Rainey WE* (2011). The effects of adrenocorticotrophic hormone on steroid metabolomic profiles in human adrenal cells. Journal of Endocrinology. Online publication ID# JOE-10-0493.R1
10.  Wang T, Satoh F, Morimoto Y, Nakamura Y, Sasano H, Edwards MA, Rainey WE.* (Jan 2011) Gene expression profiles in aldosterone-producing adenomas and adjacent adrenal glands. European Journal of Endocrinology. Online publication ID# EJE-10-1085.
11. Edwards MA,* Bolduc A, Fasusi SO, Bittner JG, Warren J, Mellinger JD, MacFadyen BV. Technical and cognitive impact of a skills laboratory and curriculum: a single institution faculty perspective. Am Journal of Surg (Submitted)
12. Edwards MA,* Wang T, Satoh F, Morimoto R, Rainey WE, Isales C. Expression of type-4 serotonin receptor in aldosterone-producing adenomas: a paired analysis with adjacent normal tissue. Arch Surg (Submitted)

Presentations at National, Regional and State Meetings and visiting professorships

1. Faculty Presenter: MIS Fellowships. For what cases is it needed?  Educators Lunch, Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 2007
2. NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators 6th Annual Meeting, Rockville, MD 2008
3. Professor, Grand Rounds of Poster. Southeastern Surgical Congress, Birmingham 2008.
4. Mock Oral Examiner, Georgia Chapter ACS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2008
5. Faculty Presenter: Outcomes and Complications of Morbid Obesity Surgery. Medical and Surgical Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME) Kiawah Island, SC July 2006.
6. Faculty Presenter: Minimally Invasive Surgery. Medical and Surgical Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME). Kiawah Island, SC July 2006.
7. Faculty Presenter: Update on Gastric Dysmotility.  Internal Medicine Conference (CME).  Kiawah Island, SC June 2007.
8. Faculty Presenter: Outcomes and Complications of Morbid Obesity Surgery. Medical and Surgical Approaches to GI Disorders Conference (CME) Kiawah