The Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Program at Magee-Womens Hospital is one of the largest and best-known programs for weight loss surgery in the country. Our program provides much more than surgical procedures, and offers individualized attention and support through the entire weight loss journey.
Our services include weekly information sessions designed to provide individuals with information regarding various weight loss procedures. Our program consists of a preoperative six-month medically supervised weight loss course, monthly support group sessions, and postoperative lifetime follow-up care. Ourfocus is to provide patients with education and information necessary to make an informed decision about their health, to eliminate the fears associated with undergoing surgery, and to help patients achieve long-term weight loss success.
Our experts include surgeons and physicians who are board-certified and offer vast expertise in bariatric surgery, including robotic surgery. Advanced techniques are employed in abdominal surgery, including minimal access general surgery and abdominal surgery during pregnancy. We have a multidisciplinary approach to patient care that includes nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and dietitians who oversee patient care.
Our division participates in a variety of research activities that concentrate on obesity-related topics, with a common goal of improving obesity treatment and health outcomes, including obesity surgery for adolescents.
Facts:
- More than 800 bariatric surgery procedures are performed annually at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC.
- Our program includes five board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeons who are members of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
- Our program is one of only six centers in the United States studying the longitudinal outcomes following bariatric surgery.
- A full-time research group focuses on a variety of obesity-related topics that have the common goal of improving obesity treatment and health outcomes.
- Our program maintains a fully accredited fellowship program.
Featured Event:
Bariatric and General Surgery Program at Magee-Womens Hospital:
Ready to Lose Weight
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
5:30 PM Eastern
Presented By: Giselle Hamad, MD
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Ready to Lose Weight
As a Bariatric Center of Excellence, the Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC specializes in the treatment of obesity and abdominal problems in men and women. Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) may help achieve long-term weight loss, reduce or eliminate life-threatening weight-related illnesses, increase life span, and improve quality of life.
If you think you might be a candidate for weight loss surgery, this session will provide you with the following information
- The health benefits of weight loss surgery
- Factors that make a person a likely surgical candidate
- An overview of surgical options for weight loss and weight loss expectations
- General insurance and financial information
- A chance to meet UPMC's bariatric surgeons and weight loss team
- An opportunity to complete the initial patient assessment form
George Eid, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Minimally Invasive and General Surgery
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Section Chief, General Surgery
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Clinical Emphasis:
Bariatric surgery, general surgery, minimally invasive surgery, hernia surgery
Training:
Medical School
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Residency
General Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Fellowship
Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Certificate and Licensure:
Board-certified in general surgery
Professional Societies
American College of Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association of VA Surgeons
Pittsburgh Surgical Society
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Ready to Lose Weight
As a Bariatric Center of Excellence, the Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC specializes in the treatment of obesity and abdominal problems in men and women. Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) may help achieve long-term weight loss, reduce or eliminate life-threatening weight-related illnesses, increase life span, and improve quality of life.
If you think you might be a candidate for weight loss surgery, this session will provide you with the following information
- The health benefits of weight loss surgery
- Factors that make a person a likely surgical candidate
- An overview of surgical options for weight loss and weight loss expectations
- General insurance and financial information
- A chance to meet UPMC's bariatric surgeons and weight loss team
- An opportunity to complete the initial patient assessment form
Giselle G. Hamad, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Surgical Education
Associate Residency Program Director
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery
Section Chief, General Surgery
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Clinical Emphasis:
General surgery, minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery
Training:
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Residency
General surgery, Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, VA
Fellowship
Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Certificate and Licensure:
Board-certified in general surgery
Memberships:
American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Association for Surgical Education
American College of Surgeons
Association of Women Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
