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Dr. Scott Isaacs Earns Diplomate Status in Bariatric
Medicine
July 21, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Beth Little
(303) 779-0279
Scott Isaacs, M/D., who practices at 775 Johnson Ferry Road in
Atlanta, Georgia, has successfully completed the requirements to
earn board certified status of Diplomate of the American Board of
Bariatric Medicine (ABBM). Dr. Isaacs, who has a special interest
in bariatric medicine (medically supervised weight control and the
treatment of obesity), has passed both an extensive written and
oral board examination, as well as an, onsite, peer-reviewed Patient
Care Review to become board certified in bariatric medicine.
The American Board of Bariatric Medicine, founded in 1970 and located
in Denver, Colorado, is an independant medical specialty board responsible
for certifying physicians i the field of bariatric medicine. Bariatric
medicine is the medically-supervised treatment of obesity and its
associated conditions. Obesity, declared a specific disease entity
by the National Institutes of Health, is believed to affect more
than 58 million people across the nation and has been established
as a major risk factor for a number of associated health conditions
including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and come
cancers in both men and women.
Dr. Isaacs becomes the 284th physician to pass an ABBM onsite Patient
Care Review and is the 246th physician who has earned the unique
honor and designation of becoming board certified in bariatric medicine.
For more information, visit www.abbmcertification.org.
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