Richard M. Peterson, MD

Reported procedures

• Gastric bypass Source ↗
• gastric sleeve Source ↗
• lap-band Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• American Board of Surgery Source ↗
• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• UT Health San Antonio and is certified by the American Board of Surgery Source ↗
• UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO Source ↗

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Selected publications

• The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2022-2024 procedural volume assessment. · 2026 Source ↗
• Invited Commentary: Unraveling Metabolic Syndrome: Dr Pories Does It Again. · 2026 Source ↗
• Optimizing Safety and Outcomes in Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery: A Conceptual Framework for Staged Minimally Invasive Treatment. · 2026 Source ↗
• Early experience of simultaneous sleeve gastrectomy in living donor liver transplant recipients with obesity - a pilot study. · 2026 Source ↗
• Mesenteric Visceral Lipectomy Improves Glucose Tolerance in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Validation of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative outcomes calculator in a Hispanic population. · 2025 Source ↗
• GLP-1 enhances β-cell response to protein ingestion and bariatric surgery amplifies it. · 2025 Source ↗
• GLP-1 Agonists for Obesity. · 2024 Source ↗
• Differential effect of endogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 on prandial glucose counterregulatory response to hypoglycaemia in humans with and without bariatric surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Current recommendations for procedure selection in class I and II obesity developed by an expert modified Delphi consensus. · 2024 Source ↗
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2022 estimate of metabolic and bariatric procedures performed in the United States. · 2024 Source ↗
• Differential effect of gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy on insulinotropic action of endogenous incretins. · 2023 Source ↗
• Bariatric Surgery Alters the Postprandial Recovery From Hypoglycemia, Mediated by Cholinergic Signal. · 2023 Source ↗
• Comment on: Gastroesophageal reflux-related physiologic changes after sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a prospective comparative study. · 2019 Source ↗
• Managing Complications of Bariatric Surgery. · 2019 Source ↗
• Comment on: Safety of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in elderly patients: analysis of the MBSAQIP. · 2018 Source ↗
• Comment on: decreased visceral fat area correlates with improved total testosterone levels after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese Chinese males with type 2 diabetes: a 12-month follow-up. · 2018 Source ↗
• Comment on: a pilot study of primary care physicians' attitude to weight loss surgery in England: are the young more prejudiced? · 2018 Source ↗
• Mesenteric visceral lipectomy using tissue liquefaction technology reverses insulin resistance and causes weight loss in baboons. · 2018 Source ↗
• Comment on: live surgery courses: retrospective safety analysis after 11 editions. · 2018 Source ↗
• Is the buckle bursting? - disparity and access to bariatric surgery. · 2017 Source ↗
• Comment on: Stapleless laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Preliminary report. · 2017 Source ↗
• Comment on: Bariatric surgery in young adults: a multicenter study into weight loss, dietary adherence and quality of life. · 2017 Source ↗
• Comment on: Assessing national provision of care: variability in bariatric clinical care pathways. · 2017 Source ↗
• Comment on: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: hyperamylasemia is associated with small bowel obstruction. · 2015 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1346204799

Insurance reported

Aetna

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Humana

UnitedHealthcare

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