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Joon Shim, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon with听, will speak at a weight loss surgery education seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.,听at Miami Valley Hospital South Conference Center, room 1315, next to the Valley Caf茅 (2400 Miami Valley Drive, Centerville, Ohio 45459).听The seminar is free and open to the public.

Shim, an assistant professor of surgery at the听听and the only female bariatric surgeon in the Dayton area,听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.听Patients who have had prior bariatric surgery are welcome to attend.听

She听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.听She was awarded the Army's Meritorious Service Medal.

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

听is composed of more than 100 physicians affiliated with the 糖心原创 Boonshoft School of Medicine,听educating tomorrow鈥檚 physicians while providing exceptional health care to the community.听The group provides primary and specialty care in a wide range of specialized diagnostic and treatment services throughout the Dayton region.

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