Author Index to ASMBS 2008 Abstracts*

AAbdul-Jawad, Muhammad Z.

AH-04Abeles, Deborah P20Adams, Ted D. P6Adler, Harry L. P36Afendy, Arian P84Afendy, Mariam P84Afonso, Bianca B. P45Agostinelli, Laura P5Agrawal, Varun P33Ahmed, Leaque PL-46Ahroni, Jessie H. P11Aigner, Franz PL-16Aisenberg, James P13Akmal, Yasir P53Alami, Ramzi S. ST-06Alamo, Munir PL-33Alexander, J. W. PL-26Ali, Mir B. PL-59Ali, Mohamed R. PL-24Allen, Jeff W. P117Alva-Lopez, Luis F. P55Amend, Edward P18Amenta, Enrico P5Aminian, Ali P23Anderson, Margaret L. P41Andris, Deborah A. PL-22Angrisani, Luigi PL-12Antor, Mariemma P105Applegate, Katherine L. BH-

10Arapis, Konstantinos E. PL-

11Argo, Joshua P64Arias, Enrique PL-19, V5,

P46, PL-34Arroyo, Kervin V9Arsalla, Aimal P84Arvidsson, Dag P40Assalia, Ahmad PL-48Attwell, Augustin R. PL-45Avinoah, Eliezer P74

BBacci, Vincenzo P52Bai, ChunHong P84Baker, Randal P93Ballem, Naveen P61, P64Barba, Carlos A. PL-36Barber, Matthew D. P35Barletta, Jeffrey F. P93Barrios, Limaris P43Basdevant, Arnaud PL-18Bashir, Ahmad A. P104Basso, Nicola P52Bauman, Roc W. PL-55Becouarn, Guillaume P29,

P30Bell, Robert L. P85Belle, Steven H. AH-07Benedetto, Bernard P75, P83Benotti, Peter N. P53, P76Bernante, Paolo P34Berry, Marcos P94Bessler, Marc V1, P103,

P120, PL-37, PL-44, PL-46, PL-57

Biedenbach, Amy M. P92,P107

Billington, Charles J. PL-42Birkmeyer, John P27Birkmeyer, Nancy P27Blanc, Michel PL-10Bohdjalian, Arthur PL-48Bonomo, Steven PL-21Boone, Keith B. V10Borkgren-Okonek, Marilyn

P32Bowling, William M. P82Braitman, Leonard E. PL-41Brandt, Mary L. ST-05Brat, Gabriel ST-04Brengman, Matthew L. P87Bressler, Laurent PL-48Brethauer, Stacy A. PL-14,

P35, P77, P80, PL-44Brodsky, Jay P73Brolin, Robert E. PL-53Brown, Emily M. ST-05Brown, Wendy P41Browne, Allen P66

Browne, Nancy P66Buchanan, Todd P37Buchwald, Henry PL-47Buckingham, Jay PL-40Buffington, Cynthia AH-03Burch, Miguel A. P119Burdiles, Patricio P94Burpee, Stephen E. P54Burton, Kristen K. P50Burton, Paul P41

CCabrera, Karina P12, P55Cadiere, Guy Bernard V4,

PL-56Calero, Juan E. P98Campos, Guilherme M. P122Cardi, Michael A. PL-26Cariani, Stefano P5Carlin, Arthur M. P27, PL-

27, PL-35Carroll, Joan F. BH-07, P51Carron, Michele P34Carvajal, Carlos P94Carvajal, Ray BH-02Casos, Steven R. P117Caushaj, Philip F. PL-08,

P50, PL-43Cello, John P122Cetiner, Sadettin P121Chan, Oscar P84Chand, Bipan PL-14, P77,

P80, PL-44Chapman, William H. AH-

07Chen, Chi Chiung Grace

P35Chen, Jung-Chien AH-10,

PL-03, P14Chen, Shu-Chun AH-10,

PL-03, P14Chengelis, David L. P33,

P58Chevallier, Jean-Marc PL-18Chiasson, Patrick M. P54Chin, Philip L. PL-59Chouillard, Elie K. P7, P91Chousleb, Elias P49

Christou, Nicolas V. PL-09,P59

Cipriano, Massimiliano P52,P52

Clancy, Kerri A. PL-13, P97Clark, Bobby L. PL-38Clauson, Jennifer P123Clements, Ronald H. P61,

P64Cloward, Tom V. P6Coday, Mace P101Collins, Joy L. P24Colton, Karen P2Conlee, Thomas P83Conoman, Hector P94Cooper, Karen P77, P80Cordova, Alfredo C. V13Corsi, Fabio P69Courcoulas, Anita P. BH-05,

AH-07, PL-37, PL-39Crosby, Ross D. P6Curet, Myriam J. ST-06Cutolo, Pier Paolo PL-12Czerniach, Donald AH-09,

PL-04

DD’Hondt, Mathieu PL-51Dacuycuy, Leonierose N.

ST-07Dake, Paul P118Dakin, Gregory AH-07, P3,

PL-37Dallal, Ramsey M. PL-41Dan, Adiran G. P9Danan, Bernard P82Dancea, Horatiu P53Dapri, Giovanni V4, PL-56Daud, Amna PL-57Davis, Daniel PL-57de la Torre, Roger ST-08,

V14, P106DeMaria, Eric J. PL-38, PL-

01, P17, PL-52Desplentere, Lieselot PL-51Devlin, Mike P57Devriendt, Dirk D. PL-51Diefenbach, Christopher P65

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Diez, Juan-Carlos P39Dixon, Robert G. P2Dolce, Charles J. PL-40Domene, Carlos E. PL-32Dominguez, Guillermo P12Dovec, Elizabeth A. PL-43Downey, John ST-04, P70,

P71, P72Drake, Jennifer P26Du, Litong P49Duelley, Nancy E. PL-14Duffy, Andrew J. P85Dumon, Kristoffel R. P81Dunnican, Ward P75, P83Durak, Evren PL-46Durant, Jacob A. P82Dutson, Erik P78

EEagon, J. Christopher ST-02Eaton, Lisa P62, P110Edison, Marcia P123Eid, George M. AH-07,

V12, P24, PL-25Eisen, Katherine P. BH-09Eisenberg, Miriam H. BH-02El-Arousy, Hazem P53Elariny, Hazem P84Elhorr, Ali P80Elliott, Adrienne K. BH-09Elliott, David P87Emery, Todd P93Erisman, Anne M. P111Escalona, Alex PL-06Ewing, Douglas R. P88

FFabricatore, Anthony N. BH-

02Fajnwaks, Patricio V5, P46,

PL-34Farhan, Jamal D. P82Farney, Robert J. P6Farrell, Timothy M. P2Fearing, Nicole P106Felix, Edward L. P86, PL-54Ferro, Queta P105Fielding, George AH-01,

PL-17Fike, Janet S. P82Filter, Diane P81Fingerhut, Abe L. P91Finkelson, Elizabeth B. P57Finks, Jonathan F. P27Finnell, Christopher W. P88Fischer, David R. P111Fisher, Jason C. P57Flint, Richard S. PL-13, P97Flum, David R. AH-07, PL-

37, PL-39Fobi, Mathias A. V8Foletto, Mirto P34

Fontaumard, Eric PL-15Foschi, Diego P69Foster, Erin P118Fouad, Ramy H. P77, P80Francis, Kelly PL-59Franklin, Nicole J. P118Franks, Susan F. BH-07,

P51Frazier, O. H. P95Freo, Ulderico F. P34Frering, Vincent PL-15Frey, Daniel M. PL-42Friedman, Kelli E. BH-10Fuller, William D. PL-24

GGabrielsen, Jon D. P37, P53Gagner, Michel PL-37Gagne, Daniel J. PL-08,

P50, PL-43Gallo, Alberto S. PL-20,

P66, P123Galvani, Carlos PL-20, P123Gandhi, Alok D. PL-53Garcia, Wilfredo P105Garone, Michael P84Gatmaitan, Patrick P77, P80Geiss, Alan C. P109Gellona, Jose PL-33Genaw, Jeffrey P27Gerhard, Glenn S. P76Gersin, Keith S. PL-40Giorgini, Eleonora P5Gjoni, Elson P69Glembot, Troy M. P16Gleysteen, John J. PL-31Gloaguen, Tina P40Gonzalez, Anthony M. P39,

P60Gonzalez, John J. P89, PL-

28Goodman, Hope R. PL-26Gopalakrishnan, Priya P84Gorin, Amy A. AH-06Gorodner, Veronica PL-20,

P123Gosman, Gabriella G. PL-39Goss, John A. P95Graewin, Shannon J. PL-22Graf, Kristen N. PL-23Grant, John PL-01, PL-52Gress, Richard E. P6Gruner, Charles R. P119Guerci, Bruno PL-48

HHakmeh, Basil BH-04, BH-

08Hall, Danielle L. BH-09Hallowell, Peter T. PL-23Hamad, Giselle G. P115Hamilton, Deirdre M. P109

Harrington, Carolyn PL-36HARRIS, PAUL E. PL-46Hart, Robert W. P32Hartman, Christina P76Hata, Jonathan A. PL-52Heitshusen, Debra P90Helling, Thomas S. PL-30Heniford, Brant T. PL-40Hergenroeder, Andrea L.

PL-25Herman, Pamela BH-03Herrera, Miguel F P12, P55Herron, Daniel M. V1, V7,

P13, P103Hess, Donald T. P119Higa, Kelvin D. V10Himpens, Jacques V4, PL-56Hinojosa, Marcelo W. ST-

01, V11, P1Hoffman, Todd PL-27Holterman, Ai-Xuan P66Holterman, Mark J. P66Hoover, Douglas P93Horgan, Santiago PL-20,

P123Howard, Melanie P109Hsieh, Hsing-Fang P14Hsu, Caliste P31Hughes, Gail D. PL-38Hungness, Eric S. P96Hunt, Lacy H. PL-41Hunt, Steven C. P6Hunter, Jeffrey A. PL-37,

PL-39

IIbanez, Luis PL-06Ikramuddin, Sayeed PL-50Imbert, M. PL-10Inabnet, William B. AH-07,

PL-37, PL-46, PL-57Inampudi, Prasuna P39Innocente, Federico P34Iqbal, Amber D. ST-09Iqbal, Corey W. ST-09Irgau, Isaias P63Ishitani, Michael B. ST-09

JJackson, Alice V10Jakicic, John M. PL-25Jamal, Mohammad P90Jantz, Emily AH-02Jasper, John J. PL-23Jay, Katie BH-06Jeffries, Brook P72Jensen, Candice M. P78Ji, Hong P27Johnell, Michael P18Johnsen, Gjermund PL-42Jones, Daniel B. P43Jones, LaShanda R. BH-02

Josbeno, Deborah PL-25

KKadera, Brian PL-01Kaiser, Joan L. PL-45Kaiser, Kathryn A. P51Kakoulidis, Thanos P40Kalarchian, Melissa A. BH-

05Kallies, Kara J. AH-02, PL-

05Kane, James M. P32Kanehira, Eiji P28Kapke, Alissa PL-35Karmali, Shahzeer ST-05,

V2, P95Karnieli, Eddy PL-48Karras, Riny A. P104Karringer, Åsa P40Kasama, Kazunori P28Keidar, Andrei P102Keller, Jennifer E. PL-40Keller, Ulrich PL-42Kelley, William AH-03Kellogg, Todd A. PL-50Kellum, John M. PL-07Kelly, John AH-09, PL-04Kern, Nancy V. P109Kernodle, Sherry S. PL-45Khan, Ahad V10Khan, Khurram A. V3, P79,

P101Kido, Taka P68Kim, Jin-Jo P44Kim, Julie P20, P100, PL-60Kim, Keith AH-03King, Heather P53King, Wendy C. AH-07,

PL-39Kini, Subhash U. P13Kirchner, H. Lester P76Kolotkin, Ronette L. P6Korner, Judith PL-46Kothari, Shanu N. AH-02,

PL-05Kow, Lilian PL-42Kozak, Gina M. P115Kralovich, Kurt P82Krause, Kevin R. P27, P33,

P58Krawczykowski, Daniel R.

P56Kroh, Matthew PL-14Kuehnel, Robert H. BH-02Kuhn, Jay N. P99Kukic, Azra P26Kulseng, Baard PL-42Kumar, Seema ST-09Kurian, Marina AH-01, PL-

17Kurokawa, Yoshimochi P28Kutlu, Onur C. P121

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Kuwada, Timothy S. PL-40

LLalor, Peter F. P47Lamoza, Patricio P94Lane, Brian P92, P107, P114Lanthaler, Monika PL-16Larson, Christopher J. AH-

02Laungani, Rajesh PL-27Lautz, David B. PL-13, V1,

P97, P103Learn, Chris A. PL-38Lee, Lucy C. ST-06Lee, WeiJei AH-10, PL-03,

P14Lee, Yi-Chih AH-10, PL-03,

P14Lehman, Lisa P4Lemmens, Harry P73Leport, Peter C. PL-59Leslie, Daniel B. PL-50Leuratti, Luca P5Lewis, Catherine P78Leyva, Chris P98Li, Ka Ming Vicky PL-34Li, Xinxiang PL-02Liao, Junlin P90Lidor, Anne P62, P110Lin, Ching-Mei AH-10, PL-

03, P14Liu, Carson D. ST-07Liu, Gigi Y. ST-06Loewen, Mark PL-36Lopez, Peter P. P89, PL-28Lopez-Ortiz, Armando P55Lorenzo, Michele PL-12,

P52Ludvik, Bernhard PL-48Lutfi, Rami E. PL-21Lyn-Sue, Jerome V6, P62,

P110, PL-49

MMaalouf, Majed PL-08Macura, Jerzy M. P36Madan, Atul K. V3, P79,

P101Magnuson, Thomas P62,

P110, PL-49Maher, James W. PL-07Mahtemework, Yohannes

P109Malhotra, Gaurav P112Manoel, Galvao Neto PL-06Marcus, Marsha D. BH-05Mario, Ferrario L. P94Mark, Lisa A. P99Marmuse, Jean-Pierre P91Martin Hawver, Lisa R. PL-

07, P111, PL-26

Martinez, Pedro PL-02, PL-19, P46, P48, PL-34

Marty, Michel PL-18Marvik, Ronald PL-42Maselli, Roberta P52Mashoyan, Pierre PL-10Mason, Robin P. AH-09Materia, Alberto P52Mathiason, Michelle A. AH-

02, PL-05McBean, Etwar P113McCarthy, Erin M. PL-21McCloskey, Carol P24McCullough, Peter A. BH-

04, BH-08, P33, P58McElrath, Linda D. P35McMillian, Ursula V9Meador, Jill PL-07Mehran, Amir P78Melvin, Willie P116Menchaca, Hector J. PL-47Mengel, Ronald B. P93Merola, Stephen P49Michaelson, Robert L. P11Michalek, Van N. PL-47Milanesi, Maria P69Miller, Karl A. PL-58Miller, Kenneth M. P13,

P103Milone, Luca P120, PL-46Ming-Lum, Corey N. ST-02Misra, Bharat K. P42Mitchell, James AH-07Mitchell, Jim PL-37Mitchell, Mack V6Mobley, Elijah P86, PL-54Mognol, Philippe PL-11, P7,

P10, P15, P91Mohan, Brij P90Monk, John P31Montgomery, Kevin F. P11Moody, Frank G. PL-42Moore, Robert AH-09Morales, Mario ST-08, V14,

P106Morton, John ST-04, ST-06,

P70, P71, P72, P73Mosti, Maureen P12, P55Mullady, Daniel V1Mumme, Daniel E. PL-05Mun, Edward C. PL-13Musmeci, Luca P52Mutafyan, Gevorg P17Myers, Christopher J. P17

NNagle, Alex P96Naim, H. Joseph V8Nandakumar, Govind P3Nazemi, Bettina P67Neal, Todd D. PL-13Negishi, Yuka P28

Nehoda, Hermann PL-16Neligan, Patrick P112Nepomnayshy, Dmitry V13Newcomb, William L. PL-40nguyen, ninh T. ST-01Nguyen, Ninh T. V11, P1Nguyen, Scott Q. V7Nguyen, Thien K. PL-13,

P97Nguyen, Xuan-Mai T. ST-01Nimeri, Abdelrahman A.

V10Nocca, David PL-48Noland, Shelley ST-04Noon, Kevin P. AH-04Noppenberger, Dene PL-49Norton, Harry J. PL-40Nugent, Clare P84Nunn, Andre P27Nuttleman, Peter R. PL-22

OO’Brien, Paul E. P41Obeid, Farouck N. P82Odom, Jacqueline BH-04,

BH-08Oelschlager, Brant AH-07Ojo, Peter PL-07Okolo, Patrick V6Orth, Whitney S. P79Osborne, Andrea M. P27Oshiro, Takashi P28Overby, David W. P2Owens, Milt L. ST-10, PL-

29Owens, Sharla P71

PPallavicini, Hector P98Palmquist, Maria P40Papasavas, Pavlos K. PL-08,

P50, PL-43Parikh, Dhavan A. ST-01Parikh, Manish AH-01, PL-

17Parikh, Nayana J. PL-35Pasini, Debbie D. P9Patel, Nilesh A. P89, PL-28Patel, Rohit A. PL-53Patterson, Emma J. AH-07Pauli, Eric M. V15Paıta, Michel PL-18Peker, Yusuf P121Pender, John R. PL-39Peraza, Joseph P70, P71Perel, James M. P115Perez-Johnston, Rocio P55Persico, Francesco PL-12Perugini, Richard A. AH-09,

PL-04Peters, Michael P63

Petrick, Anthony T. P37,P53

Pfeifer, Christopher C. P37,P53

Pirrello, Jon R. PL-55Pitt, Tracy P80Poh, Aaron P21, P22Pomp, Alfons PL-37Poplawski, Steve C. P27Pories, Walter PL-38Portenier, Dana D. PL-01,

PL-52Posselt, Andrew P122Pottel, Hans PL-51Powers, Colin P109Prager, Gerhard PL-48Prager, Rudolf PL-48Pratt, Gary M. PL-38Prokopowicz, Gregory P62,

PL-49Pryor, Aurora D. PL-01,

P17, PL-44, PL-52Prystowsky, Jay B. P96

QQuebbemann, Brian B. PL-

41Quigley, Caitlin P84Quinlin, Robert P4

RRabaza, Jorge R. P39, P60Rabl, Charlotte P122Radulescu, Marin ST-03,

PL-19Raftopoulos, Ioannis AH-06Ramachandra, Tara P71Ramalingam, Ganesh P19,

P21Ramanathan, Ramesh P68Ramaswamy, Archana P106Ramirez, Alain P85Ramirez, Alexander PL-19,

P46, P47Ramos, Almino PL-06Randall, Mark BH-03Randall, Stephen B. P25Rantis, Peter C. P32Rao, Anil D. P8, P19, P21,

P22Rao, D. S. PL-35Raper, Steven E. P81Rasmussen, Jason J. PL-24Reavis, Kevin M. V11Ren, Christine AH-01, PL-

17Renard, Eric PL-48Reynolds, James D. P17Richards, Bryson P3Richards, William O. P116,

PL-44

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Ritz, Patrick P29, P30Rizzi, Andrea P69Roberts, Kurt E. P85Roberts, Rebecca P18Robinson, Ann A. PL-23Robinson, Malcolm K. PL-

13, P97Rocher, Leslie P33Rodriguez, Leonardo PL-06Rogers, Ann M. V15Rogers, Stanley J. P122Rogula, Tomasz PL-14Rohde, Thomas D. PL-47Rojas, Renan AH-05, V5Romanelli, John R. P99Rosati, Carl P83Rosenthal, Raul AH-05, ST-

03, PL-02, PL-19, V5,P45, P46, P47, P48,P113, PL-34, PL-44

Roslin, Mitchell S. P65Rubio, Nancy P98Runge, Carol P18Ryou, Marvin V1Ryskina, Kira L. P13

SSabeti, Nari P100Sabnis, Adheesh A. V7,

P103Salinas, Alberto P105Sampalis, John S. PL-09Samuel, Isaac P90Sanchez, Hugo A. P12Sanchez-Leenheer, Sofia P55Santiago, Edwin P105Sarwer, David B. BH-02Saterbak, Eric J. P38Scarborough, Terry AH-08,

P67Schauben, Janet P57Schauer, Philip R. PL-14,

P35, P77, P80, PL-44Schirmer, Bruce D. P44Schmidt, Hans J. P88Schneider, Benjamin E. P43Scholz, Francis J. V13Schroder, Gregory L. P87Schrope, Beth PL-39, PL-57Schuster, Margaret M. PL-23Schweitzer, Michael V6,

P62, P110, PL-49Scott, James S. ST-08, V14,

P106Sczepaniak, John P. ST-10,

PL-29Seleno, Nicole PL-27Selzer, Faith PL-37

Sepulveda, Cristian PL-33Ser, Kong-Han AH-10, PL-

03, P14Shah, Paresh C. P65Shah, Sajani P20, PL-60Shellenbarger, Paula P18Sherman, Vadim ST-05, V2,

P95Sherwinter, Danny A. P36Shikora, Scott A. P20, P100,

PL-60Sieb, Michael PL-16Sierra, Mauricio P12, P55Signori, Carina P58Simhan, Hyagriv N. PL-39Simoens, Eva PL-51Singh, Kuldeep P104Singh, T Paul P75, P83Skillings, Jared L. P118Slim, Karem PL-18Smith, Adam B. BH-07, P51Smith, Brian R. ST-01, V11Smith-Ray, Patrick N. P96Snyder, Brad AH-08, P67Sogg, Stephanie BH-10Soloman, Houman P73Solomon, Houman ST-06Sosa, Jorge L. P98Spinelli, Nicholas A. V13Stavas, Joseph M. P2Steele, Kimberley E. V6,

P62, P110, PL-49Steffen, Kristine J. PL-39Stellato, Thomas A. PL-23Stevens, Peter D. P103Steverlynck, Matthias PL-51Still, Christopher D. P76Strain, Gladys PL-37Strodel, William P53Sucandy, Iswanto P37, P48,

P53Sudan, Ranjan P67Sugerman, Harvey J. PL-38Sultan, Samuel AH-01, PL-

17Sutton-Skinner, Kelly BH-02Swan, Therese PL-50Swanstrom, Lee V1, P103Swartz, Daniel E. P86, PL-

54Sweeney, John ST-05, V2,

P95Szekely-Dingfelder, Lisa M.

P98Szomstein, Samuel AH-05,

ST-03, PL-02, PL-19,V5, P45, P46, P47, P48,P113, PL-34

TTalarico, Joseph A. PL-21Tarnoff, Michael PL-06,

P20, P100, PL-60Tavakkolizadeh, Ali PL-13,

P97Tayar, Claude H. P7Tejirian, Talar P78Thompson, Christopher C.

V1, P103Tichansky, David S. V3,

P79, P101Tillou, Greg P75Tohamy, Aley El-Din V12Toolabi, Karamollah P23Toouli, James PL-42Topart, Philippe P29, P30Torquati, Alfonso PL-21,

P116, PL-45Toth, Steve P18Trencheva, Koiana P3Trivedi, Amit P88Tsuda, Shawn P43Tussing-Humphreys, Lisa

P66Tweden, Katherine S. PL-42

UUmezawa, Akiko P28Urbandt, Jorge E. PL-08,

P50, PL-43Urrutia, Lionel P94

VValente, Stephanie P9Valin, Elmer V9Valladares, Eric R. P98Van Rooy, Frank PL-51Van Sickle, Kent P89, PL-28Vansteenkiste, Franky PL-51Varela, Esteban ST-01, P1Vaziri, Khashayar P96Velazquez, David P55Velazquez, Guadalupe P98Verdeja, Juan-Carlos P39,

P60Verga, Annalisa P69Vernon, Ashley H. PL-13,

P97Vitolo, Giuliana PL-12Volpe, Paula PL-32

WWadiwala, Irfan V15Wagner, James W. P82Walen, Mary Lou P65Walker, James M. P6

Wallace, James R. PL-22Wallace, Jonathan W. P32Walters, Kenneth C. PL-40Warman, June P109Washington, Tamika L. BH-

04, BH-08, P58Weiss, Helmut PL-16Wendy, Miller M. P58Wesley, Mary P61Wheeler, Andrew A. ST-08,

V14, P106Wheeler, Angela P84Whittwell, Enrique P60Williams, Brandon P116Williams, Cheryl P35Williams, Noel N. P81Wilson, Erik B. AH-08, P67Wilson, Mark A. P24Wilson, Richard R. PL-42Wisner, Katherine L. P115Witt, Mary Ann P57Witt Strain, Gladys PL-39Wohlgemuth, Stephen BH-

01Wolf, Barbara P118Wolf, Debra M. P4Wolfe, Bruce M. AH-07Wolfe, Luke PL-07Wong, Dean PL-49Woodard, Gavitt ST-04,

P70, P71Wool, Daniel P73Wynn, Gail M. P63

YYagci, Gokhan P121Yager, Kelli M. PL-35Yasrebi, Hosein P42Yeager, Stephanie F. P76Yee, Kimberly ST-05Yellumahanthi, Durgamani

Kishore P61, P64Youn, Heekoung AH-01,

PL-17Younossi, Zobair M. P84Yu, Sherman AH-08, P67Yuan, Xiang PL-07

ZZalesin, Kerstyn BH-04,

BH-08, P33, P58Zeni, Tallal P27Zerrweck, Carlos P12Zimmermann, Jean-Marie

PL-10, PL-10Zitsman, Jeffrey P57Zografakis, John G. P9

379Author Index to 2008 ASBS Abstracts / Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 4 (2008) 376–379