Losing Weight Without Surgery

Medically supervised weight loss is a program managed by a team of professionals who specialize in obesity and includes physicians, dietitians, nurses, exercise physiologists and behavioral health specialists.

Our clinicians can tailor a safe and effective program of diet, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes just for you. In addition to our medically supervised program, the Weight Management Center offers other nonsurgical options to help you achieve your goals.

Sleeve gastrectomy – This laparoscopic procedure removes about 75% of your stomach, leaving a narrow tube (or sleeve) of stomach. This limits the amount of food you can eat and helps you feel full sooner, but allows for normal digestion and absorption so you get the nutrients and vitamins you need.

Gastric bypass – During laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, your surgeon will re-form your stomach to create a smaller stomach pouch. A section of the small intestine will attach directly to the pouch. This allows food to bypass a portion of the small intestine that absorbs calories and nutrients.

Surgery alone is not the answer. Our team works with you before and after surgery on things such as diet and exercise. Behavioral health specialists will work with you on skills and strategies that will help you attain long-term weight-loss success.