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Joon Shim, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon with聽, will speak at a weight loss surgery education seminar on Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.,聽at Miami Valley Hospital South Conference Center, room 1315, next to the Valley Caf茅 (2400 Miami Valley Drive, Centerville, Ohio 45459).聽The seminar is free and open to the public.

Shim, an assistant professor of surgery at the聽聽and the only female bariatric surgeon in the Dayton area,聽will discuss modern bariatric surgery, safety and concerns of current bariatric procedures, long-term outcomes of bariatric procedures, the future of bariatric surgery and the efficacy of the surgical treatment of obesity.聽Patients who have had prior bariatric surgery are welcome to attend.聽

She聽specializes in general surgery, bariatric surgery, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, reflux, hiatal hernia and endoscopy. She earned her medical degree and her master鈥檚 degree in public health from George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery at University of Massachusetts and a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery at Brown University. She served as an active-duty Army surgeon for four years and completed two tours as a combat trauma surgeon for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.聽She was awarded the Army's Meritorious Service Medal.

To register, contact Kayla Mieczkowski at聽kayla.mieczkowski@wspi.org聽or (937) 208-5439.聽