Morbid Obesity Surgery
Support Group


  What is morbid obesity?

  Why is morbid obesity treated by surgery?

  Surgical weight loss procedures:

        (VBG) vertical banded gastroplasty

        Roux-en-Y gastric bypass


 The LAP-BAND ® System

  Risks and benefits of surgical weight loss

  
Criteria for candidacy

  Calculate your body mass index (BMI)

  Disclosure statement and informed consent

  Support group information

  Meet our patients

  Contact us about gastric bypass surgery

Support Group

The support group meetings are held monthly at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. They are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month and are held in the Thun Janssen Auditorium. Anyone is welcome to attend, you do not need to call to sign up. We welcome patients from other practices as well or if you had your surgery in another state and relocated here, please join us. We provide monthly educational topics as well as guest speakers. For more information on our support group meetings, please call our office at 610-372-3824.


Support Network

We are currently working on a support network that will involve setting up partnerships between our post op patients with our patients who are waiting to have their surgery. This will give you someone who will be a great support system through your path to better health. You will be able to exchange phone numbers and email addresses and keep in touch and have someone to see you through your hospital stay and afterwards. If interested in being a part of the network, please notify Paula Beam at 610-372-3824.