Weight Loss Surgery: A Center of Excellence
As one of the top surgery centers in the area, St. Bernardine Medical Center performs nearly 250 weight loss surgeries each year. Our high-skilled, multi-disciplinary team of physicians, surgeons and specially-trained nurses, physician assistants, nutritionists, counselors and therapists work closely with you to evaluate your best options for achieving weight loss.
Our program has received the designation of Center of Excellence from the Surgical Review Corporation with The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, a designation that helps ensure patients will receive the highest levels of efficacy, efficiency and safety. This designation also provides detailed parameters on quality standards, a benchmark on best practices and compliance norms. In short, it helps those seeking weight loss surgery to live better, healthier and longer. It can help you.
Live better, healthier and longer
Obesity is a problem that affects more than 120 million American adults. It also affects their social lives and their overall health. Obesity causes high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes and more. The fact of the matter is obesity is a disease. That's why it is so important to understand that all current medical interventions, including weight loss surgery, should not be considered medical cures. However, weight loss surgery can help those who undergo the procedure to live a healthier, longer life.
According to the American College of Surgeons, bariatric weight loss surgery has shown to be extremely effective, with lasting weight reduction in the majority of morbidly obese patients when assessed five years after the operation. There are also additional health benefits that are gained by undergoing weight loss surgery.
For more information on the next informational seminar to be held at St. Bernardine Medical Center, call 800.566.SBMC (7262) or 909.475.5040. You can also contact us.
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