Severe obesity is a serious disease. It is one of the major health problems in the United States. Obesity affects your health, your lifestyle and your ability to relate to others. If you are 100 lbs overweight or more, you know that diets or medicines don’t work. However, there is a highly successful way of treating severe obesity. It is weight loss surgery.

We are a group of surgeons that have partnered with a multidisciplinary surgery center. This is the first and only center in this community to offer the gastric bypass and the adjustable gastric band or Lap Band©.

These are operations that result in dramatic weight reduction, improvement of health problems related to obesity and improvement in quality of life.

It is important to recognize that weight loss surgery provides you with a tool to facilitate your ability to lose weight. Therefore, it is necessary to be committed to a new lifestyle, to maintain a healthy diet and exercise program for life and to be willing to attend support group meetings and have long-term follow up with your physician. For these reasons, it is necessary to receive a great deal of preparation and education before and after surgery.

Why are we different?

The Southwest Surgeons for Obesity, along with the Providence Regional Bariatric Center, strive to provide surgical treatment of morbid obesity safely, within a high technology environment and at the same time in a sensitive and caring manner as well.

Once your insurance company approves your surgery, waiting time for the operation is usually short.