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Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 10/2021

01-10-2021 | Bariatric Surgery | Biography

Biography: Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD

Author: Kazunori Kasama

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 10/2021

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Professor Wei-Jei Lee is a well-known pioneer and researcher in bariatric metabolic surgery (BMS) and is known as the father of Asian BMS. He pioneered the first laparoscopic bariatric surgery in Asia in 1998, and for the past few decades, he has been a huge influence in the careers of many other Asian BMS surgeons. …
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Title
Biography: Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD
Author
Kazunori Kasama
Publication date
01-10-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 10/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05592-7

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