Bariatric surgery, also called gastric bypass surgery, facilitates weight loss. Two of the methods are adjustable gastric banding and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Adjustable gastric banding involves putting an adjustable silicone band around the upper stomach to reduce food intake. Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass, which can be done by traditional surgery or laparoscopic surgery, includes stapling a portion of the stomach and creating a bypass from the newly reduced stomach to the small intestines.
Obesity Treatment Centers of New Jersey
Drs. Michael Nusbaum. and Deborah Abeles. are the resident doctors at the Obesity Treatment Centers of New Jersey. Nusbaum has received numerous awards, and this center regularly receives high grades from HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings organization. Patients can choose surgical treatments to help them lose weight, including gastric bypass and banding procedures, or nonsurgical treatments. In addition to the two doctors, other staffers include nutritionists, dietitians, exercise physiologists, massage therapists, and metabolic specialists. Support groups are also available through the centers.
Obesity Treatment Centers of New Jersey
200 S. Orange Ave.
Suite 203
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-7977
obesitytreatmentcentersofnewjersey.com
Garden State Bariatrics & Wellness Center
Dr. Michael L. Bilof has received numerous accolades, including having his clinic identified as a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Bilof performs both gastric bypass surgery and gastric banding. Additional staffers include a registered dietitian and a certified physician assistant.
Garden State Bariatrics & Wellness Center
225 Millburn Ave.
Millburn, NJ 07041
(973) 218-1990
gsbwc.com
Allied Surgical Group
The doctors who are a part of the Allied Surgical Group can perform a variety of surgeries. However, Drs. Edward R. McLean Jr.. and David S. Ward specialize in weight lose surgeries, including gastric bypass and gastric banding. They utilize only laparoscopic techniques.
Allied Surgical Group
261 James St. # 2G
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 267-6400
alliedsurgical.org
Monmouth Medical Center
The team of registered nurses, dietitians, and others at the Bariatric Surgery Program at the Monmouth Medical Center is led by Dr. Frank Borao. A leading laparoscopic surgeon, he performs standard gastric bypass surgery. Barao is one of few doctors in New Jersey to implement a new kind of surgery, called Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endolumenal, or ROSE for short. ROSE is used for people who have already had gastric bypass surgery, but it hasn't worked because their stoma and stomach pouch have stretched out again. Rather than undergoing an additional invasive surgery to return the stoma and stomach to their original size, people can undergo the incision-free procedure during which the doctor inserts an endoscope through the mouth and esophagus, and is able to restore the stoma to its post-surgery size.
Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave.
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 923-6070
mmcsurgery.com/
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