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Philip R. Schauer is affiliated with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with particular emphasis on surgery, physiology, and endocrinology related to diabetes and metabolism.

Their work extensively covers topics such as bariatric surgery and outcomes, diet and metabolism studies, diabetes treatment and management, obesity and health practices, body contouring and surgery, metabolism in relation to diabetes and cancer, and pharmacology related to obesity treatment.

Frequent co-authors associated with Philip R. Schauer include Vance L. Albaugh, Ali Aminian, John P. Kirwan, Michael Kachmar, and Sangeeta R. Kashyap.

They have published numerous papers in a variety of scientific venues. Notable publication venues with multiple contributions are Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Diabetes Care, Obesity Surgery, Diabetes, and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Significant recent publications include the following:

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity, 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Consensus Report: Definition and Interpretation of Remission in Type 2 Diabetes, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Association of Bariatric Surgery With Major Adverse Liver and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, 2021, JAMA
  • Association of Bariatric Surgery With Cancer Risk and Mortality in Adults With Obesity, 2022, JAMA

Best Publications

  • Bariatric Surgery Versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients With Diabetes

    Philip R. Schauer;Sangeeta R. Kashyap;Kathy Wolski;Stacy A. Brethauer

  • Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 5-Year Outcomes

    Philip R. Schauer;Deepak L. Bhatt;John P. Kirwan;Kathy Wolski

  • Outcomes After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

    Philip R. Schauer;Sayeed Ikramuddin;William Gourash;Ramesh Ramanathan

  • Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: a Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organizations.

    Francesco Rubino;David M Nathan;Robert H Eckel;Philip R Schauer

  • Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 3-Year Outcomes

    Philip R. Schauer;Deepak L. Bhatt;John P. Kirwan;Kathy Wolski

  • Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Viktoria L Gloy;Matthias Briel;Matthias Briel;Deepak L Bhatt;Sangeeta R Kashyap

  • Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Outcomes in 222 Patients

    James D. Luketich;Miguel Alvelo-Rivera;Percival O. Buenaventura;Neil A. Christie

  • Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: A Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organizations

    Francesco Rubino;David M. Nathan;Robert H. Eckel;Philip R. Schauer

  • Update on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.

    Caroline S. Fox;Sherita Hill Golden;Cheryl Anderson;George A. Bray

  • Systematic review of sleeve gastrectomy as staging and primary bariatric procedure.

    Stacy A. Brethauer;Jeffrey P. Hammel;Philip R. Schauer

  • Can diabetes be surgically cured? Long-term metabolic effects of bariatric surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Stacy A. Brethauer;Ali Aminian;Héctor Romero-Talamás;Esam Batayyah

  • The chronic inflammatory hypothesis for the morbidity associated with morbid obesity: implications and effects of weight loss.

    Daniel R. Cottam;Samer G. Mattar;Emma Barinas-Mitchell;George Eid

  • Gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity leads to an increase in bone turnover and a decrease in bone mass.

    Penelope S. Coates;John D. Fernstrom;Madelyn H. Fernstrom;Philip R. Schauer

  • Metabolic Surgery to Treat Type 2 Diabetes: Clinical Outcomes and Mechanisms of Action

    Francesco Rubino;Philip R. Schauer;Lee M. Kaplan;David E. Cummings

  • Surgically-Induced Weight Loss Significantly Improves Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome

    Samer G. Mattar;Laura M. Velcu;Mordechai Rabinovitz;A J. Demetris

  • The Diabetes Surgery Summit consensus conference: recommendations for the evaluation and use of gastrointestinal surgery to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Francesco Rubino;Lee M. Kaplan;Philip R. Schauer;David E. Cummings

  • Symptomatic improvement in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

    E. E. Frezza;S. Ikramuddin;W. Gourash;T. Rakitt

  • Weight Loss Interventions in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Sankar D. Navaneethan;Hans Yehnert;Fady Moustarah;Martin J. Schreiber

  • Adipocyte Apoptosis, a Link between Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Hepatic Steatosis

    Naim Alkhouri;Agnieszka Gornicka;Michael P. Berk;Samjhana Thapaliya

  • Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery

    Inderbir S. Gill;Arnold P. Advincula;Monish Aron;Jeffrey Caddedu

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee M. Kaplan
Lee M. Kaplan Harvard University
David E. Cummings
David E. Cummings University of Washington
Robert H. Eckel
Robert H. Eckel University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Stephanie A. Amiel
Stephanie A. Amiel King's College London
Michael Pignone
Michael Pignone The University of Texas at Austin
Sherita Hill Golden
Sherita Hill Golden Johns Hopkins University
William H. Herman
William H. Herman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Prakash Deedwania
Prakash Deedwania United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Silvio E. Inzucchi
Silvio E. Inzucchi Yale University
Caroline S. Fox
Caroline S. Fox MSD (United States)

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