St. Mary To Host Weight-Loss Surgery Info Session

LANGHORNE, PA — If you have been considering weight-loss surgery, St. Mary Medical Center has an information session planned that you may want to attend.

The St. Mary Medical Center Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program has announced it will hold its next information session for people interested in learning more about surgical weight loss on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

The session will be at 6 p.m. in the Medical Staff Office Conference Room at St. Mary. The conference room is located on the first floor by the parking garage at the rear of the St. Mary campus.

"The information sessions teach patients about several different aspects of the bariatric surgery program at St. Mary," said Dr. Keith A. Kreitz, the program's medical director and a board-certified bariatric surgeon. "While mandatory for all prospective bariatric patients, the information sessions teach them about the different procedures performed at St. Mary, the types of people who are candidates for surgery and the nutritional aspects of our program."

Kreitz added that the information sessions often help people develop a better understanding of what life will be like before, during and after the surgery.

The information session is free, but registration is required.

To find out more about the sessions or to learn more about St. Mary’s Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program, call medical assistant Monica Velez at 215-710-5711 or visit the bariatric program's website.

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