Bariatric Surgery at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania
The
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
offers
severely obese
patients a specialized program that caters
to their specific needs. The goal of the program
is to help patients lose weight through surgical
treatment.
The
Bariatric Surgery Program at the Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania recognizes that
clinically severe obesity is a chronic disease
that requires the medical expertise of experienced
clinicians who can provide long-term success
for the patient.
 Our core
team consists of surgeons, nutritionists,
psychologists, and internists who provide
each patient with expert care before and after weight
loss surgery. Recently, the program at HUP
was recognized as a Center of Excellence by
the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.
For more than 20 years, the vertical
banded gastroplasty and the gastric bypass have
been performed at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania. These procedures have consistently
proven to be the solution to long-term weight
loss and improvement in obesity-related health
conditions for the severely obese.
The Bariatric Surgery Program at HUP has been
recognized
as a Center of Excellence by
the
American Society
for Bariatric Surgery.
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