Michael Watson Cook

About this provider

Michael Watson Cook is listed in general surgery in New Orleans, LA. Reported medical education includes University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine (2002).

Reported procedures

• Gastric sleeve Source ↗
• gastric bypass Source ↗

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Education & training

• UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, HSC, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2002 Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS FACULTY G Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease as a risk factor for postoperative complications in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program registry (2015-2022): implications for preoperative evaluation. · 2026 Source ↗
• Agreement and precision of an AI-based measurement tool during robotic-assisted sleeve gastrectomy. · 2026 Source ↗
• Extreme Obesity (BMI ≥ 60 kg/m²) Characterization up to and Beyond 80 kg/m² in 1,262,454 Bariatric Surgery Patients. · 2026 Source ↗
• Dehydrated Human Amnion-Chorion Membrane for Incisional Hernia Prophylaxis in High-Risk Laparotomy Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. · 2026 Source ↗
• Intraoperative liver biopsy during metabolic and bariatric surgery: diagnostic yield, safety, and national trends. · 2026 Source ↗
• An Investigation of Elevated Serum Copper Levels Following Bariatric Surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Increasing Obesity Severity Is Associated With Less Surgical Care in the United States. · 2026 Source ↗
• A 10-Year Update: Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 100 Papers in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Limitations and mitigation strategies for the use of TriNetX in surgical research. · 2026 Source ↗
• Preoperative body mass index reduction and 30-day outcomes after metabolic and bariatric surgery: an MBSAQIP 2015-2023 analysis. · 2026 Source ↗
• Prevalence of early marginal ulcer in sleeve to bypass conversions: an analysis of the 2020-2022 MBSAQIP. · 2026 Source ↗
• An Investigation of Surgical Feeding Access in Patients With Remote Bariatric Surgery History. · 2026 Source ↗
• Association of Obesity Severity With Cardiometabolic and Renal Disease Burden in the United States. · 2026 Source ↗
• Association of socioeconomic disparities by payor status and perioperative outcomes in bariatric surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Impact of preoperative liver disease diagnosis on postoperative outcomes in bariatric surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Obesity Severity and Cancer Screening in US Adults. · 2025 Source ↗
• Multi-modal neo-adjuvant anti-obesity medications may be more effective than medically supervised weight loss or GLP-1 therapy alone in preparing BMI≥70 patients for metabolic surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Patient and operative characteristics of readmission and poly-readmission following metabolic surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis (2015-2021). · 2025 Source ↗
• Association of insurance status with postoperative resource utilization after metabolic/bariatric surgery-A multi-institutional study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Identifying At-Risk Populations for Reoperations, Readmissions, and Interventions in MBSAQIP Using a Novel Inpatient Postoperative Care Metric. · 2025 Source ↗
• Patient Preferences for Metabolic Surgery: Do Patient Demographics Make a Difference? · 2025 Source ↗
• Rare events model of the MBSAQIP database: risk of early bowel obstruction following metabolic surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• High prevalence of dysfunctional uterine bleeding in candidates for metabolic/bariatric surgery: increased endometrial cancer risk? · 2024 Source ↗
• BMI ≥ 70: A Multi-Center Institutional Experience of the Safety and Efficacy of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Intervention. · 2024 Source ↗
• Clinical Outcomes of Metabolic Surgery on Diuretic Use in Patients With Heart Failure. · 2024 Source ↗
• Early marginal ulceration prevalence following primary RYGB: a rare events model of the MBSAQIP 2015-2021. · 2024 Source ↗
• Impact of progressive chronic kidney disease stage on postoperative outcomes in metabolic surgery-a propensity-matched analysis using the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement database. · 2024 Source ↗
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on describing and coding paraesophageal hernia repair with concurrent bariatric surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Insurance payor status and risk of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events after metabolic and bariatric surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Limitations of the 2015-2021 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database for emergency bariatric operations. · 2024 Source ↗
• Early Experience with the Senhance Surgical System in Bariatric Surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Hepatic Vagotomy in Patients With Obesity Leads to Improvement of the Cholesterol to High-Density Lipoprotein Ratio. · 2023 Source ↗
• Effect of high-risk factors on postoperative major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events trends following bariatric surgery in the United States from 2012 to 2019. · 2023 Source ↗
• Morbid Obesity Not a Risk for Serious Complications Following Outpatient Surgery. · 2023 Source ↗
• Our Patients Do Indeed Have Excess Serum Copper (and Normal Ceruloplasmin): the Reasons Why Are Yet to Be Determined. · 2022 Source ↗
• Correction to: Elevation of Serum Copper in the New Orleans Bariatric Clinic Population: the Norm or Geographically Localized Findings? · 2021 Source ↗
• Elevation of Serum Copper in the New Orleans Bariatric Clinic Population: the Norm or Geographically Localized Findings? · 2021 Source ↗
• The Use of Autologous Fenestrated Cutis Grafts in Hernia Repair : Surgical Outcomes and Cost Analysis of 97 Consecutive Patients. · 2020 Source ↗

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Insurance reported

Aetna

Anthem

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cigna

First Health

Humana

Multiplan

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