News
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.
Use of Robotics in Bariatric Surgery is on the Rise
A new study from the Department of Surgery shows that the use of robotics for weight loss surgery has increased...
Department of Surgery News
Ask the Expert: COVID-19 and obesity
Dr. Chris Eagon explains the risk factors for obesity and COVID-19, and the services offered at BJC HealthCare facilities to...
KMOV4 Ask the Expert
Ask the Doctors: Robotic Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric surgeon Francesca Dimou, MD, answers some of the most frequently asked questions about robotic weight loss surgery.
Department of Surgery
It Takes a Village: Treating Adolescent Obesity through True Collaboration
Department of Surgery News
Easing into a Healthy Diet after Bariatric Surgery
Department of Surgery News
Real-Life Superheroes
Department of Surgery News
A Weight Loss Journey
Department of Surgery News
National Doctor’s Day
For National Doctors’ Day, we recognize our Department of Surgery faculty for their professional accomplishments and personal interests. To learn...
Department of Surgery News
Spinach Recipes from the Bariatric Surgery Team
Department of Surgery News
You Can Eat after Weight Loss Surgery
Department of Surgery News 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