Philip Schauer

Philip Schauer is a Professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, where he specializes in bariatric and metabolic surgery. His research focuses on obesity surgery outcomes, type 2 diabetes remission, and the impact of preoperative body mass index reduction on postoperative complications. Recent work includes analyses of MBSAQIP data on sleeve-to-bypass conversions, longitudinal body composition changes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and the effect of social vulnerability on surgical efficacy for diabetes. He contributed to the 2025 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology definition of clinical obesity and has published on tirzepatide-induced cardiometabolic risk factor changes. His research integrates large-scale outcomes data with clinical trial evidence to optimize surgical and medical interventions for obesity.