Many hospitals and medical centers now have bariatric surgery centers onsite. These centers do more than just perform surgeries; many offer a multidisciplinary approach, including the expertise of surgeons, psychologists, registered dietitians, physical therapists, exercise physiologist, meditation specialists, and others. Some centers will also communicate with the patient’s insurance company for the pre-approval and appeal process. Most provide ongoing medical check-ups to monitor patient health and weight-loss post-operatively.

On occasion, bariatric surgical centers will partner with others to form a cooperative, essentially doubling the services they can provide and the number of patients they can assist. Many also contract with contract with financial institutions to offer financial assistance to patients who do not have insurance but who still want bariatric surgery.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommends

There are bariatric surgery centers located across the entire country.  Prominent bariatric surgery centers include the Alsam Bariatric Center, the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence P.C., the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Hackensack Bariatric Surgery Center, the Bariatric Institute of Kentucky, and the California Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery’s Advanced Bariatric Surgery Center of Fresno, among many others.

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Bariatric Surgery Info provides detailed information on bariatric surgery, including cost, patients, centers, diet, financing, and complications, as well as specific procedures like laparoscopic and bypass surgery. Bariatric Surgery Info is the sister site of Gastric Bypass Surgery Web.