Category: Bariatric Center Spotlight

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 […]

Tobey Hospital Bariatric Center: Wareham, Massachusetts

BT Online Editor | February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. Rayford Kruger, MD, FACS, is the lead gastric bypass surgeon and program director for the Tobey Hospital program located in Wareham, Massachusetts. Dr. Kruger began the program in January, 2004. He has performed more than 475 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedures to […]

Unity Hospital Bariatric Center: Fridley, Minnesota

BT Online Editor | January 14, 2008 | 0 Comments

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. The Unity Hospital Bariatric Center has three dedicated bariatric surgeons, specially trained bariatric nurse clinicians, bariatric dietitians, a bariatric exercise specialist, and multiple support groups. The center was started in July, 1996, when Dr. Daniel R. Baker submitted a proposal for […]

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Bariatric Program, Camden, New Jersey

BT Online Editor | September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

University General Hospital Bariatric Program at University General Hospital, Houston, Texas

BT Online Editor | August 10, 2007 | 0 Comments

Western Bariatric Institute, Reno, Nevada

BT Online Editor | June 2, 2007 | 0 Comments

TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY. Western Bariatric Institute is an established, highly experienced, multidisciplinary, surgical weight loss center located in Reno, Nevada. With a long track record of professional care, compassionate service, and outstanding outcomes, we are dedicated to providing our patients with the highest level […]