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Boone Hospital Center offers medical and surgical treatment for weight loss to those that meet specific criteria and have struggled with lifetime obesity. In March of 2004, Boone Hospital Center opened its weight loss surgery program. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, each patient is carefully evaluated by the team and is provided education about weight loss treatments available.

A medical program for weight loss, called Weigh Better, is available to those that do not qualify for weight loss surgery or do not have insurance that will cover the cost of surgery. For a reasonable fee, the Weigh Better program offers individualized evaluations, instructions and education. The program is 12 weeks in duration and consists of personalized visits with a dietitian and exercise physiologist. Before considering surgery for weight loss, all patients should have exhausted medical and non-surgical treatments for obesity.

Boone Hospital Center’s weight loss surgery program uses a multi-disciplinary approach to assess and evaluate each patient. Dr. James Pitt, DO and Dr. Walter Peters, MD are the surgeons who perform gastric banding at Boone Hospital Center, using the LAP-BAND® System and Realize®.

Weight loss surgery is available to those that have exhausted all other measures for weight loss. To be considered for the weight loss surgery program, each patient must first attend an informational seminar.

August 23, 2010