Category: Bariatric Center Spotlight

Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BT Online Editor | July 22, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Jim Henry, RD, LD/N, and Noel N. Williams, MD, FRCSI Jim Henry is the Bariatric Program Coordinator, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Williams is a surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Bariatric Times. 2011;8(7):16–18 Welcome to the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric surgery program at the hospital of […]

NewStart Surgical Weight Management Program at St. Alexius Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

BT Online Editor | May 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Kerrie Warne, Director, NewStart, St. Alexius Hospital Acknowledgment: The author would like to thank Ms. Stephanie Stemmler, media liason for St. Alexius Hospital, for her assistance with the preparation of this article.

Spotlight on the Obesity Treatment Center at Catholic Medical Center Manchester, New Hampshire

BT Online Editor | January 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

Spotlight on the Obesity Treatment Center at Catholic Medical Center Manchester, New Hampshire by Alison Olsen, MS, PA-C Ms. Olsen is Physician Assistant, Catholic Medical Center, Obesity Treatment Center/NH Surgical Specialists, Manchester, New Hampshire. Bariatric Times. 2011;8(1)22–25

Spotlight on the Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas

BT Online Editor | September 21, 2010 | 0 Comments

Spotlight on the Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas San Antonio, Texas by Melinda Hart Melinda Hart is part of the marketing team at Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(9)22–25

One of the FIRST Centers of Excellence in the United Kingdom

BT Online Editor | September 23, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Imperial Weight Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom Bariatric Times interviews Ahmed R. Ahmed on his facility being one of the first to achieve Center of Excellence status in the United Kingdom.

Beaumont Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program: Royal Oak, Michigan

BT Online Editor | October 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, is a 1,061-bed, major academic and referral center. The yearly surgical volume is routinely in the top two in the nation. Ninety-one medical and surgical specialties are represented on Beaumont’s medical staff of more than […]

Establishing a Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Program in the Nation’s Oldest Public Hospital

BT Online Editor | August 18, 2008 | 0 Comments

Bellevue Hospital Center: New York, New York by Manish Parikh, MD; JK Saunders, MD; Marina Kurian, MD; George Fielding, MD; Christine Ren, MD; and H. Leon Pachter, MD All from the Department of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine

Summa Health System Bariatric Care Center: Akron, Ohio

BT Online Editor | July 18, 2008 | 0 Comments

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. Summa Health System’s Bariatric Care Center, a designated American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Center of Excellence, approaches both the surgical and medical treatment of obesity in a multidisciplinary team fashion. The Bariatric Care Center has 21 members on […]

Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Center of Excellence

BT Online Editor | May 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Center of Excellence is in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital: Nashville, Tennessee

BT Online Editor | March 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. The Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital currently has four surgeons, four nurses, and 11 staff members. Surgeons include Albert T. Spaw, MD, and Charles E. Morton, III, MD, who serve as co-medical directors, and George B. Lynch, MD, and James […]