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Bariatric Surgery
The objective of surgery for severe obesity is to help individuals lose weight they have been unable to lose using conventional methods. While surgery represents a drastic step in resolving severe obesity, it boasts an enviable track record in its success.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut has been designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The designation follows a rigorous program review of the hospital’s bariatric (weight loss) surgery program by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).
The review encompassed the hospital’s surgical weight loss program, surgical outcomes, staff who care for surgical weight loss patients, and facility provisions. Staff members include registered dietitians, behavioral psychologists, nurses, and clinical exercise physiologists. Carlos Barba, M.D., co-medical director of the center’s bariatric surgery program, is the hospital’s only designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence surgeon.
With the designation, Medicare will now cover bariatric surgical procedures for qualified patients.
View our press releases for details on our designation as a Bariatric Center of Excellence.
Watch a Webcast of a lap-banding procedure using the REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band and the latest laparoscopic techniques.
The procedure will also be narrated in Spanish and available on www.ORLive.com.
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