We can help you determine whether weight-loss surgery is the right option for you. The following are general guidelines that help determine if you are eligible for weight-loss surgery.

• Age 18 or older
• Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or greater or 35-39 with other significant medical conditions
• Failure to lose weight with physician-guided diets and exercise regimens
• Absence of medical problems that might make surgery unsafe
• Weight loss surgery may be an option for select adolescent patients between the ages of 15 and 17

Losing weight can improve your overall health and quality of life. Being overweight or obese makes it harder to participate in daily activities. It can also make some health conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes worse and lead to other chronic health conditions.

Other issues that obese patients may suffer from include:

• Arthritis or joint disease
• Cancer
• GERD (acid reflux)
• High blood pressure
• Kidney disease
• Obstructive sleep apnea

If you've tried weight-loss injectables like GLP-1 medications but haven’t achieved your desired results, you’re not alone. Bariatric surgery offers a more permanent solution for individuals struggling with significant, long-term weight management. Unlike injectables, which can help reduce appetite but often lead to temporary or limited weight loss, bariatric surgery addresses the root causes of obesity by physically altering your digestive system. This results in more consistent, long-term weight loss.

Additionally, bariatric surgery is the only proven method to help resolve weight-associated medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea. If injectables haven’t worked for you, bariatric surgery may be the next step in your weight-loss journey to achieve lasting success.

Nutritional Tips

The weight loss surgery team helps you choose nutritious foods that will enhance weight management, provide optimal health, and lay out the best recovery after weight-loss surgery.

Support Group

Weight loss support group meetings can help you overcome challenges and provide encouragement after bariatric surgery.

Medical Exercise Training

We offer exercise programs, designed by a clinical exercise physiologist, to help ensure a smooth transition, including strength and mobility fitness and helping your form good habits.

Each year, our surgeons have performed thousands of minimally invasive bariatric surgery procedures featuring smaller incisions (minimally invasive). We use the latest technology and techniques for effective and safe results with advanced minimally invasive surgery.

• Less pain
• Quicker recovery
• Smaller scars
• Very low rate of complications

A sleeve gastrectomy restricts the amount of food that you can eat. During the procedure the surgeon removes about 75 percent of the stomach. What’s left behind is a small sleeve of your stomach in the shape of a banana that holds only a small amount of food. You will eat less and feel full sooner with a smaller stomach.

This surgery also changes your body’s hunger signals. The part of the stomach that the surgeon removes releases a hormone that tells your body you are hungry. When it’s gone you will not feel as hungry, so you will eat less. There are no changes to your small intestine in this type of bariatric procedure.

Watch Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Video

The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is one of several gastric bypass procedures available. This is a more aggressive type of bariatric surgery and most people see significant weight loss within 18 months after surgery. You will stay in the hospital for about two nights after the procedure.

To perform this procedure, your surgeon makes your stomach smaller by stapling off an egg-size pouch from the upper stomach. Then the surgeon attaches pouch to directly to your small intestine. With Roux-en-Y you lose weight because:

• You eat less food because of the smaller stomach.
• The food you eat bypasses most of the stomach and top part of the small intestine. Your body absorbs less fat and calories when it travels this shorter digestion route.

Watch Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Video

Single anastomosis duodenal switch is a modified version of a popular weight loss surgery called a duodenal switch.

Initially, the surgeon performs a sleeve gastrectomy to make your stomach smaller and control hunger signals. Next, they disconnect part of your small bowel (the duodenum). They connect your smaller stomach to your intestines at a spot further down the digestive path. This leaves less time for your body to absorb calories from your food, which helps with weight loss.

We can do this surgery after a sleeve gastrectomy to help you lose more weight. We can also do it as your original weight loss operation.

The adjustable gastric band technique, frequently referred to by the device name Lap Band, changes the size of your stomach. Your surgeon places a small band around the top of your stomach, shrinking its size so it holds less food. Your surgeon can adjust the band later, if necessary, to change the stomach size.

This surgery is beneficial because it:

• Does not involve any cutting or stapling of the stomach or intestines
• Is fully reversible if you want to remove the gastric band later

Watch Lap Band Surgery Video

We were one of the first hospitals to provide intragastric balloon surgeries for weight loss. Our team combines the weight loss balloon with a healthy diet and exercise program.

Important things to know about the procedure:

• We place a soft silicone balloon into your stomach and fill it with saline
• The entire procedure takes about 30 minutes
• Most people can go home the same day

The balloon takes up space in your stomach so you will feel less hungry and eat smaller meals. Six months after placing the balloon, we remove it. You will still meet with a dietitian to continue your healthy lifestyle changes.