Elizabeth Hechenbleikner, MD

Closing out #SAGES2026 with a great video presentation by Alejandro Feria, @EmorySurgery MIS fellow, showing EndoVac management of an enteropleural fistula after gastric bypass @SArshiaArshad @EdLinEmory @sdavis81 @SAGES_Updates

Proud of @EmorySurgery MIS fellow Alejandro Feria! 1st place resident/fellow abstract competition @SAGES_Updates #SAGES2026 ! @EdLinEmory @sdavis81 @AnkitPatelMD @EHechenbleikner

Long time partner, mentor and friend @EdLinEmory received a massive and well deserved Ponsky Master educator award @SAGES_Updates today! Super proud. Many old trainees came to celebrate him.

@EricKnauerMD @EdLinEmory @EmoryMedicine @EmorySurgery @SAGES_Updates Simply the best!! Thank you @EdLinEmory for being the master educator and surgeon you are

Congratulations to an awesome teacher. Well deserved award!! @EdLinEmory @EmoryMedicine @EmorySurgery @SAGES_Updates Sorry I could not be there.

@jdimick1 Thanks for this wisdom Dr. Dimick. I met you when I was a Chief resident….you shared the same advice! Leadership is just as much about personal character and looking out for your teammates as it is about clinical and technical ability.

6/6 #5 It’s never too early to think about leadership. You will be leading a team soon. Pay attention to team dynamics and prepare. Always look out for the most vulnerable team members. The culture of your team will be yours. You will own it. Prepare for it.

1/6 Today I gave 5 pieces of advice to our new @UMichSurgery interns. First I asked them if they had a culture. “Not yet” I suggested they would soon and when they were chiefs, they would own the culture of the residency. They will create it starting now. So my 5 tips👇

It’s a brand new year and time for change!! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Emory Conference Center for the 2026 Inaugural Obesity Summit in Atlanta: cmetracker.net/EMORY/Publishe…

Join us for this exciting event in Atlanta on Jan 23rd, 2026!! Learn about multimodal multidisciplinary obesity and metabolic disease management 🔗 Register here: cmetracker.net/EMORY/Publishe…

Thanks @IBCOxford for the opportunity to explore AI tools for weight loss prediction after bariatric surgery…one size does not fit all! Check out the blog  ibcclub.org/post/the-role-… @ASMBS @EmorySurgery @EdLinEmory @GAASMBS

Looking forward to another great IBC-Oxford webinar tomorrow, Tackling Complex Revisional Bariatric Surgery and Reflux!! ibcclub.org/event-info/com… @EmorySurgery @ASMBS @EdLinEmory

It was an honor to participate in the 6th IBC-Oxford World Congress and represent the Emory Surgery Department. Thank you to the amazing Haris Khwaja and IBC team for this tremendous collaborative experience with surgical leaders from around the world!! @EmorySurgery @EdLinEmory

@EHechenbleikner @MayoClinic @MayoClinicSurg @MayoSurgery @IBCClub1 Honored to have chaired a session with you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@OMGhanemMD @MayoClinic @MayoClinicSurg @MayoSurgery @IBCClub1 OG is simply the best!

Honored to deliver an invited lecture at the IBC Congress-University of Oxford. While there’s no definitive formula for “What Makes an Excellent Surgeon?”, the rich history, heritage, & current practices at @MayoClinic served as an insightful framework to approach this topic

AI is omnipresent…from day-to-day life to healthcare and impact on Metabolic and Bariatric surgery. More to come at the upcoming IBC-Oxford AI sessions. Looking forward to this amazing event!! youtu.be/gPcCsg0yXfY @EmorySurgery @EdLinEmory @ASMBS

Thank you to Jenny Salluzzo and the Virginia Bariatric Society for an outstanding 2025 meeting! Special thank you to our keynote speaker Dr. Dana Telem. Great insight and talks by Dr. Michel Gagner, Dr. Andrew Duffy, Dr Guilherme Campos, Dr. Thomas Shin and more!! Well done!!

I am lucky to know and work with Eric Knauer - congrats to the Distinguished Surgeon!!

Great Bariatric abstract session at ACS QS conference!! Excited to share lessons learned from 2 yrs of @GAASMBS QI collaborative, Georgia Bariatrics Learning Lab (GBLL). Excited to continue this work in GA!! @reneehilton30 @eatfitrun @EdLinEmory @EmorySurgery @ASMBS

Great insight from Emory Bariatric PROMs….the patient experience is so important to understand post op outcomes. Nice work by @npetcka2022, @DannyMouMD and the rest of the Emory research crew

Honored to give an oral presentation at #ASMBS2025 Thank you to @ASMBS for the opportunity to share our work on patient-reported outcome measures after SG and RYGB. @DannyMouMD @EHechenbleikner @EmorySurgery

@npetcka2022 @ASMBS @DannyMouMD @EmorySurgery Great job Nicole! We continue to learn more about the patient experience following Bariatric surgery with the Emory PROMs database