Jun 11, 2020 | Weight Loss Surgery
News From Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center The gastric bypass surgery Dwayne Linger had in 2018 did more than just shrink his stomach and expand his wardrobe options. It also freed him from a body that had condemned him to a sedentary lifestyle and a shorter life...
Jan 28, 2016 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
It takes a lot of energy to be the parent of teenagers, and that energy is harder to come by if you’re morbidly obese. When Daniel and Stacey Rorie began having trouble keeping up with their kids, they decided it was time to do something about it. Daniel and Stacey...
Aug 20, 2015 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
The Center for Bariatric Surgery at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric practice which support outstanding outcomes....
Jun 25, 2014 | Bariatrics, Community, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
June 2014 Issue: Journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Passage of the “Patient Access to Evidence- Based Obesity Services” resolution by the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician group, should help...
Jun 20, 2014 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
By Mark Colquitt, MD, FACS, FASMBS There’s good news and bad news when it comes to the number of weight loss surgeries performed in the United States. The good news: more Americans than ever are having bariatric surgery. According to the American Society for Metabolic...
