Schauer, Philip

Philip Schauer is a Senior Professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. His research focuses on obesity surgery, bariatric procedures, and outcomes research, with specific emphasis on metabolic surgery for type 2 diabetes, body mass index trajectories, and cardiometabolic risk factor modification. Recent work includes post hoc analyses of the SURMOUNT-1 and SURMOUNT-4 trials examining tirzepatide's effects on BMI category shifts, preoperative weight loss and 30-day surgical outcomes using MBSAQIP data, social vulnerability's impact on bariatric surgery efficacy, and longitudinal body composition changes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. He has contributed to defining clinical obesity diagnostic criteria in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and investigates methodological challenges in surgical research using platforms like TriNetX.