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The Weight Loss Surgery Team is committed to sharing their research and clinical expertise with the public. Bariatric surgery faculty and staff help readers understand every step of the weight loss surgery process, from determining who is a candidate to achieving weight loss goals.
It Takes a Village: Treating Adolescent Obesity through True Collaboration
June 24, 2020 | Department of Surgery
Easing into a Healthy Diet after Bariatric Surgery
May 14, 2020 | Department of Surgery
Real-Life Superheroes
April 28, 2020 | Department of Surgery
A Weight Loss Journey
April 20, 2020 | Department of Surgery
National Doctor’s Day
March 30, 2020 | Department of Surgery
Spinach Recipes from the Bariatric Surgery Team
March 26, 2020 | Department of Surgery
You Can Eat after Weight Loss Surgery
March 11, 2020 | Department of Surgery
12/16/2019 Seminar CANCELLED
PLEASE NOTE – Due to severe weather conditions… our seminar for tonight (1216/2019) is CANCELLED. Sorry and thank you.
Shaina Eckhouse, MD, earns Obesity Medicine Board Certification
Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD, a bariatric surgeon in the Washington University Weight Loss Surgery Program has been certified by the...
Most bariatric surgery patients maintain weight loss
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) reports that “longitudinal studies find that most bariatric surgery patients maintain successful...
Weight Loss Surgery Program now an accredited adolescent bariatric center
The Washington University Weight Loss Surgery Program is now accredited for adolescent bariatric surgery as an American Society for Metabolic...
Surgery Annual Report 2018: Reducing Postsurgical Infections
Focus: Prevent surgical site infections The benefits to the patient of reducing SSIs can mean decreased risk of readmission, reduced...
Surgery Annual Report 2018