Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss

 

For some, the journey to weight loss is a difficult one, and diet and exercise are simply not enough.

If you've struggled to reach a healthy weight, weight-loss surgery through MultiCare's Bariatric Surgery Program may be right for you. We're here to support you along every step of your journey, help you achieve your weight-loss goals and put you on the path for a healthy life, now and in the future.

Why Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric surgery, also called weight-loss surgery, is the name given to several surgical techniques that reduce the size of the stomach and/or allow food to bypass part of the small intestine. This typically results in significant weight loss — and also often helps to resolve other serious weight-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

At MultiCare, we perform two different bariatric surgeries:

• Gastric bypass surgery
• Sleeve Gastrectomy

If you are seriously overweight or obese, have not had long-term success losing weight with diet and exercise alone and have one or more weight-related health conditions, you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery.

Why MultiCare Health System?

MultiCare's Bariatric Surgery program combines the expertise of certified bariatric surgery professionals with a compassionate and supportive environment. We offer:

A nationally-accredited Comprehensive Center, under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®).

MultiCare Allenmore Hospital has been recognized by the Clinical Sciences Institute (CSI) of Optum as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. This means the bariatric program at MultiCare is in the UnitedHealthcare Bariatric Centers of Excellence Network.

• A lead board-certified surgeon with over a decade of experience in performing bariatric surgery.
• A program coordinator who is a certified bariatric nurse
• An expert support staff
• Multiple opportunities to talk to your surgeon, as well as our staff, before and after surgery
• Free support groups for before and after surgery to help keep you on track, led by MultiCare's Center for Healthy Living
• A personalized, guided plan to lead you up to your surgery and beyond

MultiCare's Bariatric Surgery program is also one of only a few programs in Washington, and the only program that performs weight-loss surgeries in Tacoma, making us the closest bariatric surgery program to Olympia, as well as the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.