Comprehensive weight loss services, including bariatric surgery, at Brigham and Women's Hospital
The Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital has performed over 1,000 bariatric surgery procedures. Each patient is supported by a team of dietitians, physician assistants, and nurses who provide the appropriate dietary, behavioral, and medical support to reduce complications and maximize good outcomes.
Our surgeons use minimally invasive or laparoscopic techniques to perform virtually all bariatric surgery operations, resulting in less pain and reduced time to full recovery. Innovative robot-assisted techniques enable our specialists to offer minimally invasive surgery to certain severely obese patients who do not qualify for traditional laparoscopic gastric bypass. The Center has also developed a number of unique, minimally invasive endoscopic procedures used to make adjustments for a subset of patients who experience weight regain several years following gastric bypass surgery.
Research on treatment of cardiovascular, diabetes, and metabolic disorders
Specialists at Brigham and Women's Hospital are pioneering research on new minimally invasive techniques, including leading several trials of innovative endoluminal (through natural openings in the body) techniques in bariatric surgery. They are also collaborating with industry to refine medical instruments used in endoscopic surgery and development of novel weight loss therapy.
In addition, researchers in our Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders Research Center at the Brigham and Women's Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) are studying obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease with the goal of advancing discoveries leading to improvements in treatment of these disorders, including artery disease treatment.
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