Dr. John Kirwan and Dr. Philip Schauer (IMAGE) Pennington Biomedical Research Center Caption Pennington Biomedical’s Dr. John Kirwan and Dr. Philip Schauer were among the lead investigators for the 12-year study, titled “Alliance of Randomized Trials of Medicine vs Metabolic Surgery in Type2 Diabetes,” or ARMMS-T2D. Credit PBRC Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.