Struggling with weight loss can feel like a never-ending battle. If you've tried diet and exercise without success, Ascension's weight-loss and bariatric surgery teams offer a supportive and personalized approach to help you achieve your goals. The Ascension weight loss program understands that no two people are alike, so your weight-loss journey begins with your Ascension care team listening to your story.
Personalized Care and Support
Ascension's weight-management specialists can work to help you reach your goals safely and effectively. At Ascension sites of care, take the first step to lose weight and find a new you. Ascension care teams, including dietitians, behavioral therapists, nurse practitioners, and bariatric surgeons, will support you on your journey. When you choose Ascension for your weight-loss program, you are choosing to get personalized care in a supportive environment.
Ascension’s weight-loss and bariatric surgery teams understand how difficult it can be to lose weight. That's why they take the time to get to know you, listening to understand your health concerns. Then, they create a personalized weight-loss plan that’s right for you.
Informational Seminars: Your First Step
Your weight-loss journey starts with attending a weight-loss seminar. Our seminars help you learn about your weight-loss options, what to expect, how to modify your lifestyle and more. If you have tried diet and exercise and are thinking about other weight-loss options, we help you work through the decision process. These informational seminars give you the opportunity to talk with experienced care teams about bariatric surgery, including gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgery. Weight-loss seminars are available at no charge to you.
Comprehensive Weight-Loss Options
Together, we’ll develop a personalized care plan - one that could include learning healthy choices or having bariatric surgery. What’s right for you depends on who you are. So, our doctors and specialists will work closely with you on a customized care plan built around you. Your choice of bariatric surgery will depend on many factors, including your current weight, health condition, and long-term goals.
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Options
Ascension St. Vincent's offers minimally invasive surgical options that may help shorten your recovery time. These procedures may result in less pain, faster healing time, shorter hospitalizations, and less scarring.
Locations and Accreditation
Ascension offers weight loss programs at various locations, including:
- Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent - Carmel Weight Management in Carmel, Indiana
- Ascension Illinois - Center for Bariatrics & Weight Loss Chicago
- Ascension St. Vincent's Weight-Loss Services - Valdosta in Valdosta, Georgia
- Ascension Saint Agnes Bariatric Surgery in Catonsville, Maryland
- Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent - Evansville Weight Management
Ascension St. Vincent's is a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Improvement Program accredited center. Ascension Saint Agnes Bariatric Surgery is a credentialed Comprehensive Bariatric Program by MBSAQIP, a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
A Dedicated Team
Our team of weight-loss specialists, including bariatric surgeons and dieticians, work together with one goal in mind - to help you live a healthier and happier life. Our team of weight-loss doctors, bariatric surgeons, dietitians and weight-loss specialists work together with one goal in mind - to help you live a healthier and happier life.
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