David Arterburn MD Archives

David Arterburn, MD, shares expertise on obesity surgery in AP article

March 2, 2020

David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH, an internal medicine physician with the Washington Permanente Medical Group, shared his expertise with The Associated Press on the increasing number of people going back a second time for surgery to aid with weight loss.

Kaiser Permanente Researchers Study Bariatric Surgery for Obese Teens

September 17, 2018

David Arterburn, MD, MPH, of the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, answers some questions about a major study on severe obesity among adolescents.

Permanente Researchers Link Weight-Loss Surgery to Lower Risk of Diabetes

August 10, 2018

Recent large, long-term study finds patients develop half as much nerve, kidney, and eye disease after bariatric surgery.

David Arterburn, MD, Discusses Bariatric Surgery as Obesity Intervention

December 8, 2017

Explore the contrasting perspectives on obesity causes and treatments between researchers and the American public, as revealed in a recent Vox article.