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Former fellow joins the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Join the Weight Loss and Metabolism Center team to raise funds and awareness for obesity and the need for treatment and prevention efforts by participating in the TREO Foundation’s Walk From Obesity event.

Work of the bariatric surgery team is featured in the Department of Surgery’s 2022 Annual Report.

Washington University bariatric surgeons are partners in their patient’s journey to a healthier lifestyle when the decision to have weight loss surgery has been made.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital has been named a Blue Distinction Center in Bariatric Surgery. This recognizes the Weight Loss Surgery Program, offered by Washington University bariatric surgeons, as expert providers in delivering specialty care.

Starting your weight loss surgery journey is as simple as 1-2-3.

Weight loss surgery is part of a lifelong journey. Learn more about life after surgery.

Dr. Shaina Eckhouse appeared on KMOV St. Louis to share how people can lose weight after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bariatric surgeon Francesca Dimou, MD, MS, helps people achieve their goals with weight loss surgery. Dimou describes the transformative process, offers advice and shares the story of her surgical training.

Work of the bariatric surgery team is featured in the Department of Surgery’s 2022 Annual Report.

Washington University bariatric surgeons use measures like body mass index (BMI) to determine whether their patients are eligible for weight loss surgery.

A new study from the Department of Surgery shows that the use of robotics for weight loss surgery has increased in recent years. Bariatric surgeons and public health scientists examine this rise and what it might mean for the future of weight loss surgery.

Dr. Chris Eagon explains the risk factors for obesity and COVID-19, and the services offered at BJC HealthCare facilities to help with weight loss, weight management and weight loss surgery.

Bariatric surgeon Francesca Dimou, MD, answers some of the most frequently asked questions about robotic weight loss surgery.

Shaina Eckhouse, MD, works in collaboration with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Healthy Start Clinic at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and fellow surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to treat adolescent patients with bariatric surgery.

After weight loss surgery, the recovery process involves progressing through a diet in four stages. Angie Britt, Supervisor of Patient Service Operations for the Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery Program at Washington University School of Medicine, walks through these stages, with suggested meals and recipes for inspiration.

Pediatric surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis share what makes their patients superheroes in their eyes.

Angie Britt, Supervisor of Patient Service Operations for the Weight Loss Surgery Program, guides patients through the bariatric surgery process by sharing her own story.

For National Doctors’ Day, we recognize our Department of Surgery faculty for their professional accomplishments and personal interests. To learn more about some of our doctors, we asked them about their work and personal lives and created profiles highlighting their responses.

For National Spinach Day, Washington University’s Bariatric Surgery Team provides recipes and tips for weight loss surgery dieting.

Angie Britt shares her experience of learning to eat after weight loss surgery.

Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD, a bariatric surgeon in the Washington University Weight Loss Surgery Program  has been certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) as an ABOM diplomate. Dr. Eckhouse is 1 of 4 diplomates within the field of surgery for ABOM diplomates in the state of Missouri. ABOM diplomates are physicians who […]

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) reports that “longitudinal studies find that most bariatric surgery patients maintain successful weight-loss long-term.” Learn more about the misconception that people who have bariatric surgery usually regain their weight and other false assumptions on the ASMBS website.

The Washington University Weight Loss Surgery Program is now accredited for adolescent bariatric surgery as an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. It is the first accredited ASMBS center for adolescent bariatric surgery in St. Louis, and will offer bariatric surgery to qualifying patients 15 and older. Accreditation […]

“The benefits to the patient of reducing SSIs can mean decreased risk of readmission, reduced need for antibiotics, and a lower rate of emergency room admissions and further procedures,” says Shaina Eckhouse, MD, a Washington University weight-loss surgeon who led the safety effort.