Bariatric Surgery Overview
Patients who undergo bariatric surgery and follow postoperative guidelines may lose more than half of their excess body weight and may reduce or eliminate obesity-related diseases (comorbidities). Most of our patients have lost over 100 pounds. In 2004, Packard Children’s Hospital was the first children’s hospital in California to offer bariatric surgery to adolescents. It remains one of the few children’s hospitals in the U.S., and the only one on the West Coast, to provide this treatment to adolescents. Craig T. Albanese, MD, leads Packard Children’s Hospital’s bariatric surgery team. Its multidisciplinary group of clinicians is trained to treat the unique needs of bariatric surgery patients. In addition, Packard Children’s surgeons and other Center for Healthy Weight team members refine and evaluate new surgical procedures with local, national and international colleagues. Learn MoreContact UsFor more information about bariatric surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, please contact:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
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