Summa Health Weight Management Institute
The Summa Health Weight Management Institute team of experts works with patients to customize an individual care plan to meet the unique weight loss needs and goal of every patient. Our program offers a wide range of lifestyle and behavioral medical weight loss options and surgical weight loss options for those patients who have not been successful using medical management strategies alone. Patients will often need to use a combination of options to achieve their weight loss goals. Each patient’s journey is supervised by either a board-certified obesity medicine physician or a board-certified fellowship-trained minimally invasive bariatric surgeon. Patients are also supported by:
- Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants)
- Registered Nurses, licenses practical nurses, medical assistants
- Bariatric clinical dietitians
- Psychologists
- Exercise physiologist
- Administrative support staff
Vital for a Healthier Life
Kandice had tried everything to lose weight. Diet…exercise. Nothing changed. Her doctor recommended weight loss surgery at Summa Health. Now, Kandice feels amazing. She even went to a family wedding…and no one recognized her. That felt pretty amazing, too.
Weight Management Services
Understanding Obesity
Obesity is now ranked as the second-highest cause of preventable deaths in the United States. The rate at which obesity has worsened over the past 20 years is alarming, and there is now a growing amount of national attention focused on the problem.
Surgical Weight Loss
At Summa Health, our preferred approach is laparoscopic (or minimally invasive) surgery. In some instances, an open procedure may be required – an option our program offers, if needed.
Medical Weight Loss
The focus of medical weight management is achievement of long-term weight loss through modification of food choices, intensive management of eating behaviors, exercise and lifelong follow-up to ensure maintenance of weight loss.
Behavioral Health
Changing your behavior when it comes to eating and exercise is the key to success in any weight loss plan. The degree to which you change your behavior is directly related to the amount of weight loss you can expect to achieve.
Patient Resources
Educational content that answers commonly asked questions about surgical weight loss.
Meet Our Team
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Specialists Who Will Support Your Journey
Our comprehensive team is here to make your weight loss experience the best it can be. If you have decided you are ready to tackle your weight loss goals, we want to do everything we can to help you reach them. We have a dedicated interdisciplinary team ready to support your journey toward the best possible weight loss outcome.
Summa Health has been recognized by Healthgrades with a Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award. Healthgrades evaluates hospital quality for conditions and procedures based solely on clinical outcomes to help consumers understand, compare and evaluate hospital performance.
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