Columbia University Medical Center | Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery | Practice Brochure

About Us

The first step after deciding to go through weight loss surgery is to find the right weight loss surgeon for you. It's important to feel comfortable with your surgeon and have the utmost trust in them. At Columbia Medical Center/ Center for Obesity Surgery in NYC, patients can find just that. They specialize in a variety of surgical procedures to ensure that their patients can go on living a more active and healthy lifestyle.

Lap-Band is one of the many popular procedures the surgeons at Columbia Medical Center are experts in. The Lap-Band System involves the laparoscopic placement of a hollow silastic band around the upper part of the stomach. This band divides the stomach into a small upper pouch above the band and a larger pouch below the band. This small gastric pouch limits the amount of food that a patient can eat at any one time, and will result in a feeling of fullness after eating a small amount of food.

Benefits of the Lap-Band may include features such as:

• They are removable
  
• They are adjustable
  
• It does not permanently alter the anatomy
  
• There is a shorter hospital stay
  
• There are no effects on the absorption of nutrients
  

"Weight loss for life" is their program's guiding principle because weight loss surgery is known to be life-transforming. People who are able to maintain an appropriate weight enjoy longer life expectancy and fewer health problems than those who are overweight. The key to their "weight loss for life" model comes with life-long weight-loss maintenance, follow-up and support. Their staff is dedicated to making the entire process as easy as it can be for you.

In the past, there was no way to surgically help the obese in a permanent way, but now there is. You don't have to be unhappy any longer. The specialists and weight loss surgeons at Columbia Medical Center/Center for Obesity Surgery in NYC are experts in the field and look forward to helping you.