bariatrics

Bariatrics is the part of medicine that deals with obesity.

Usually used in bariatrics departments with heavy patients.

Spending on bariatrics is approaching $3 billion a year, at an average cost of $25,000 for each procedure.

Bariatrics includes using dieting, exercise, changing people's habits, drugs, and surgery to help people lose weight.

The four main service lines of the medical center include Heart, Orthopedics, Bariatrics and Surgery.

(Bariatrics is the study of obesity.)

Weight Management (Bariatrics)

(Bariatrics, the study of obesity and its treatment, is not to be confused with bariatric or gastric bypass surgery.)

Braverman has published journal articles on the topics of neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, bariatrics, and preventative medicine.

The organization has received numerous accolades and offers "Centers of Excellence" in bariatrics, heart, cancer, maternity, orthopedics and sinus.

New Ulm Medical Center offers a variety of specialty care including orthopedics, general surgery, bariatrics, psychiatry and pediatrics.

The official center for surgical weight loss within Marina Del Rey Hospital is called L.A. Bariatrics.

The medical director of L.A. Bariatrics is general surgeon Dr. Jeremy Korman.

Leo Lutwak (Mar. 27, 1928 - Feb. 23, 2006) was a nutritionist, endocrinologist, and biochemist specializing in bariatrics.

L.A. Bariatrics, within Marina Del Rey Hospital is registered as a Medicare approved bariatric facility since 2006.

Flagler has centers of excellence in Imaging, Bariatrics, Cancer, Heart, Spine, Maternity, Orthopedics and Sinus.

Rose Medical Center is a private hospital in Denver, Colorado that provides general health care with an emphasis on women's health, bariatrics, back and spine care, pediatrics and cancer treatment.

Beyond these usual services, the facility features a range of specific service lines, including bariatrics, women's' services (OB/GYN), sports medicine, joint and hip replacement and spine treatment.

Clinical services include inpatient and outpatient surgery, heart and vascular, newborn intensive care, pediatrics, childbirth, children's therapy, cancer, rehabilitation, sleep disorders, sports medicine, radiology, bariatrics, occupational health and clinical research.

VIDEO: How Bariatrics Has Changed Our Understanding of Type II Diabetes Dr. Daniel McKenna speaks at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2008.

Comprehensive Surgical Services include robotic surgery and advanced and minimally invasive techniques in a variety of surgical disciplines, including cardiothoracic, colorectal, gynecologic and breast, neurosurgery, orthopedic joint replacement, plastic/reconstructive, podiatric, spine, urologic, vascular and bariatrics (weight loss surgery).

The physicians and staff of the Weber Homan P.C. practice deeply mourn the loss of their distinguished colleague and friend who served as Director of NY Bariatrics and the Bariatric Program of the White Plains Hospital Center.

Sutter Health doctors and hospitals provide a variety of clinical services including cancer care, children's health (only pediatric emergency room in San Francisco); complementary medicine, diabetes care, heart care, home health/hospice, mental health care, orthopedics, pregnancy and childbirth, sleep disorders, transplant services and weight loss surgery (bariatrics).