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Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Why Choose Us for Your Child's Care

• Begun in 2006, the multidisciplinary Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is one of a handful of U.S. centers presently approved to offer weight loss surgery to adolescents.
• The Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary weight management program that includes health and metabolic screening; nutritional guidance; dietary management and education; individualized exercise programs; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; and ongoing follow-up.
• Our concerned and empathetic staff is dedicated to helping adolescents who are obese lose weight when conventional methods have been unsuccessful. Our surgical team has extensive experience in laparoscopic bariatric surgery and long-term management of patients in a supportive and caring environment.
• Geared toward patients who would be considered good candidates for laparoscopic gastric band surgery, the center includes experts in pediatric gastroenterology, endocrinology, nutrition, psychiatry, surgery, and other specialties.
• As one of the leading centers in a multicenter trial affiliated with the American Pediatric Surgical Association, our program is part of a consortium of major children's hospitals conducting careful study of bariatric surgery in adolescents.