Marina Del Rey Hospital Editors

Marinahospital.com’s editorial group is formed by healthcare professionals coming from every healthcare department of Marina Del Rey Hospital as follows:

Marina Spine Center

Spine surgeons Watkins Senior and Junior are responsible for the spine department related information posted on our website however information is provided by all orthopaedic spine surgeons working with Marina Spine Center and have valuable information to share strictly related to their area of expertise.

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  Robert Watkins, IV MD
  Co-Medical Director,
  Marina Spine Center
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• 
  Robert Watkins, III MD
  Co-Medical Director,
  Marina Spine Center
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Marina Weight Loss

Bariatric surgeons Jeremy Korman and Dr. Mona Misra are the responsible editors of information regarding bariatric surgery. They are assisted in their work by registered dietitian, Julie Oldenburg who provides our website with diet and nutrition information for our bariatric patients and Bridgette Agee, our Registered Nurse is in charge of providing information about the pre and post operative processes. Kelly Willard-Beuth is our Physical Therapist and she provides information about exercise plans and advice on how our patients can lead an active, healthy life after their surgery.

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  Jeremy Korman MD
  Medical Director
  Marina Weight Loss Center
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• 
  Mona Misra MD
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Marina Robotics

Robotic surgery related information is supervised by Dr. Daniel Marcus, however information on robotic surgery is provided by all our robotic surgeons.

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  Daniel Marcus MD
  Robotic Surgeon,
  Marina Robotics
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Marina Orthopedics

Information posted on our website related to orthopedics is supervised by Dr. Andrew Bulczynski, although the other orthopedic surgeons contribute in providing the information.

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  Andrew Bulczynski MD
  Orthopedic Surgeon,
  Marina Orthopedics
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Cardiology Department

Cardiology related information posted on the website is supervised by Dr. John Kennedy head of non-invasive cardiology at Marina Hospital.

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  John Kennedy MD
  Preventive Cardiology,
  Cardiology
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Our website’s content is continuously improved, edits to the pages are made on a regular basis.

With the information we provide we seek to help our patients and the general public with a better understanding of the illnesses one might encounter.

Further Editors

• Brittany Elmore, MHA - Business Development
• Bridgette Agee, Registered Nurse
• Julie L. Oldenburg, Dietitian

Bibliography of Sources and References Used by our Editors

Weight Loss Resources

• http://www.asbp.org/ - American Society of Bariatric Physicians 
• http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm
• http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/default.htm
• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/categories/fitness-obesity
• http://win.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm - Weight-control Information Network
• http://ndep.nih.gov/ - National Diabetes Education Program
• http://www.eatright.org/Public/landing.aspx?TaxID=6442451978 – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/index.html - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/diet_and_weight_loss/ - Diet and weight loss news
• http://www.medicinenet.com/diet_plans_and_programs/article.htm
• http://www.yoursurgery.com/ProcedureDetails.cfm?BR=1&Proc=5 - Bariatric Surgery
• http://www.obesity.org/ - Obesity Society
• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• http://asmbs.org/

Spine Resources

• http://www.understandspinesurgery.com/
• http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery
• https://www.spine.org/Pages/default.aspx - North American Spine Society
• http://knowyourback.org/Pages/Default.aspx
• http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/menus/spine.cfm - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/default.htm
• http://www.smiss.org/- Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• http://www.spondylitis.org - Spondylitis Association of America (SAA)
• http://www.ninds.nih.gov - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health
• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/categories/back-pain
• http://www.medicinenet.com/
• http://www.semspinesurg.com/ - Seminars in spine surgery
• http://ijssurgery.com/ - International Journal of Spine Surgery 
• http://www.isass.org/ - International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery

Orthopedics Resources

• http://www.aaos.org/ - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/default.htm
• http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/default.htm
• http://www.rheumatology.org/ - American College of Rheumatology
• http://www.arthritis.org/ - Arthritis Foundation
• http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/
• http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis
• http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/
• http://ortho.broadcastmed.com/4579/specialties/sports-medicine/hand-and-wrist-injuries-in-athletes-part-one
• http://ortho.broadcastmed.com/

Robotics Resources

• http://www.davincisurgery.com/
• http://www.roboticsurgery.com/index.htm
• http://www.clinicalrobotics.com/ - Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
• http://www.srobotics.org/ - Society of Robotic Surgery
• http://www.icrstraining.org/ - International College of Robotic Surgery
• http://women.webmd.com/video/corio-hysterectomy
• http://agosonline.org/

Cardiology Resources

• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291542-474X
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127474/
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18833586
• http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/14/1750.abstract