Albaugh, Vance

Vance Albaugh is a Senior Professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. His research focuses on obesity medicine, bariatric and gastrointestinal surgery, and outcomes research, with specific interests in preoperative body mass index reduction, marginal ulcer prevalence in sleeve-to-bypass conversions, and longitudinal body composition changes following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. His recent work includes a bibliometric analysis of the top 100 papers in metabolic and bariatric surgery, an examination of the disproportionate increase in BMI of ≥60 kg/m² in the USA, and investigations into the gut microbiome's reshaping through surgical intervention. His publications appear in leading venues such as *The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology*, *Nature Metabolism*, and *Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases*.