SOUTHERN SURGICAL HOSPITAL Has Been Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery SLIDELL, LA–(Marketwire – October 20, 2010) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of LOUISIANA has designated SOUTHERN SURGICAL HOSPITAL as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery. To date, more than 230 facilities nationwide have received a Blue Distinction Center for [...]

“Designation as a bariatric surgery Center of Excellence does not ensure better outcomes … Extra expenses associated with Center of Excellence designation may not be warranted.” This is according to Dr. Edward Livingston of the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine. Dr. Livingston headed a study that compared the so-called Bariatric Surgery Centers of [...]

A bariatric / weight loss surgeon in the Dallas area has been recognized by medical organizations that reward that kind of thing. Details are inside.

UI Hospitals and Clinics named Center of Excellence for bariatric surgery University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced today that UI Hospitals and Clinics has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Center of Excellence. Faced with clinical evidence that the most experienced and best-run bariatric surgery programs have by far [...]

MFA Division of Bariatric Surgery Named Center of Excellence for High-Quality Care In Bariatric Surgery WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) Division of Bariatric Surgery announced today that it has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The ASMBS [...]

St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas was recently named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. To earn this designation, the Austin bariatric surgery center had to undergo an inspection / review of its surgical procedures, outcomes, patient treatment and other factors. Full press release follows: St. David’s [...]

As the number of bariatric surgeries increases each year, bariatric surgeons become more competitive … and creative. I just stumbled across a video on YouTube from a surgeon who provides Lap-Band surgery in Mexico. Then I noticed that several more weight loss surgery centers are doing the same thing, creating commercials / infomercials to promote [...]

NewHope Bariatrics Opens First Obesity Treatment Center in Los Angeles Centers Will Focus on Adjustable Gastric Banding in an Outpatient Settin CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NewHope Bariatrics announced today the opening of its first Ambulatory Surgery Center focused on the treatment of obesity through adjustable gastric banding. The center is based in Los Angeles. The Medical Director [...]