Lee Michael Kaplan, MD, PhD
Director, MGH Weight Center
- Phone: 617-724-6007
- Departments
- Gastroenterology
- Department of Medicine
Specialties
- Digestive Healthcare Center
- Weight Center
- Colorectal Center
- Clinical Interests
- Hepatitis
- Liver disease
- Obesity medicine
- GI endocrine tumors
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, Yeshiva University
- PhD, Yeshiva University
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Primary Care Patients
- No - Not Accepting new primary care patients
Accepting New Specialty Patients
Yes
Weight Center restructures
ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, approximately one-third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years are obese.
Changes in gastrointestinal microbes may produce some benefits of gastric bypass
Changes in the microbial population of the gastrointestinal tract may underlie some of the benefits of gastric bypass surgery, reports a team of researchers from MGH and Harvard University. The investigators also found that post-bypass alterations in the microbial population of mice can induce weight loss in animals that did not have surgery.
Gene variant appears to predict weight loss after gastric bypass
MGH researchers have identified a gene variant that helps predict how much weight an individual will lose after gastric bypass surgery, a finding with the potential both to guide treatment planning and to facilitate the development of new therapeutic approaches to treating obesity and related conditions like diabetes.
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55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-724-6007
Fax: 617-724-6832
50 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114-2517
Phone: 617-726-4400
Fax: 617-724-6565
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