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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the 2016 While we have continued to increase Contents
quality outcomes for the Summa Health the number of patients we serve, our
Bariatric Care Center. As I am sure you are focus on creating a positive patient Surgical Procedure 4
aware, more than one-third of U.S. adults experience has never wavered. We Volume
have obesity, and many now consider it to be are proud that our patient experience
one of the greatest public health challenges scores for patients undergoing weight Quality of Care 5
of our time. It is associated with more than loss surgery have placed us in the 95th
30 other diseases that increase morbidity percentile nationally for the past ten years. Surgical
and mortality and reduce quality of life. Demographics 7
While obesity rates are not rising, they are As Summa Health continues to develop
not falling, thus our work towards combating its population health strategy, weight Surgical Percentage 9
this disease is more important than ever. loss management will continue to be a of Excess Body
critical initiative for all of us. The Summa Weight Loss
Our approach to weight loss management Health Bariatric Care Center can offer
is two-fold. We offer both a surgical a successful program for any of your Surgical
and nonsurgical option, so patients patients interested in losing weight. Comorbidity
can feel comfortable knowing there Resolution 10
is a solution that fits their needs. Thank you for taking the time to review
our results. We are committed to Fellowship Training 12
While there is not yet agreement on a single helping our patients achieve significant
best approach to nonsurgical weight loss weight loss, eliminate or reduce medical Nonsurgical Weight
management, there is now consensus that problems caused by their obesity and Management Program 14
the most effective and long-lasting treatment reclaim their life. As always, please
for morbid obesity is surgical weight loss do not hesitate to contact us directly Research and
intervention. Since starting our surgical if you have any questions, or if you Education 16
program in 2004, we have performed a total need information for your patients.
of more than 3,000 primary and revisional
weight loss surgeries and have grown by
nearly 200% in the past 10 years, performing
355 primary weight loss surgeries in 2016.
Sincerely,
John Zografakis, M.D., FACS, FASMBS Adrian Dan, M.D., FACS, FASMBS
Director, Bariatric Care Center Director, Bariatric Care Center
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