Stephanie Sogg, PhD, of the MGH Weight Center, has been honored with the Integrated Health Circle of Excellence Award by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. This award is given to a deserving provider who exemplifies compassion and dedication to care of the metabolic and bariatric surgery patient, as well as executes the visions and goals of the integrated health science section.
As a member of the MGH Weight Center since 2003, she has focused on the treatment of patients with obesity. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Sogg conducts research on obesity and bariatric surgery, and the intersection between obesity and addiction, and has published widely on obesity and related topics. She is an author of the Boston Interview for Bariatric Surgery, and of the official ASMBS Recommendations for the Pre-Surgical Psychosocial Evaluation of Bariatric Surgery Patients. She is active in national and international scientific obesity and weight loss surgery societies and is currently serving as a member-at-large on the Integrated Health Executive Council for the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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Sogg S, Lauretti J, West-Smith L. Recommendations for the presurgical psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 May; 12(4):731-749.
