Butts & Guts

A Cleveland Clinic podcast exploring your digestive and surgical health from end to end. You’ll learn how to have the best digestive health possible from your gall bladder to your liver and more from our host, Colorectal Surgeon and President of the Main Campus Submarket, Scott Steele, MD.

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October 27, 2026

Weight Loss Without Surgery? Understanding Bariatric Endoscopy

Bariatric endoscopy offers incisionless weight loss options for people looking for an alternative to traditional bariatric surgery. Stephen Firkins, MD, gastroenterologist and Co-Director of Advanced and Bariatric Endoscopy for the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic, joins Butts & Guts to explain procedures such as endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), who may benefit and what patients can expect before and after treatment.

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