A Mechanistic Look at Diabetes Surgery

The notion of how Roux-en-Y achieves weight loss and reverses diabetes is changing. Francesco Rubino, MD, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College is at the forefront of diabetes surgery. Rubino's diabetes surgery program aims to tease out the mechanisms by which gastric bypass reverses diabetes. Here, an interview with Dr. Rubino.