| 1988 |
Dr. Nicholas P. W. Coe initiates what will become the Weight Loss Surgery Program by offering vertical banded gastroplasty to treat patients with morbid obesity.
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| Early 1990s |
Dr. Coe begins to perform an operation that was a hybrid between gastroplasty and gastric bypass, which is more commonly performed today. Also, during this time, Dr. Coe developed one of the Western Massachusetts’ first multidisciplinary weight loss surgery programs, with the additional of nutritional and behavioral health support.
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| 2002 |
Dr. Coe switches to performing gastric bypass only for his weight loss surgery patients.
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| 2004 |
Dr. Jay Kuhn joins the practice and begins performing minimally invasive gastric bypasses.
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| 2005 |
Dr. John Romanelli joins the practice and as Director, continues advancing the program by in more minimally invasive procedures, adding laparoscopic gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, and robotic gastric bypass.
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| 2004 & 2007 |
Dr. Coe and Dr. Romanelli serve on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery, which issued reports in 2004 and 2007. These reports shape health care policy regarding weight loss surgery in both Massachusetts and on the federal level.
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| 2007 |
Baystate Medical Center receives "Certificate of Accreditation" from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network as a Level 1 Accredited Bariatric Center.
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| 2008 & 2009 |
Baystate Medical Center is named to the Top 50 Hospitals in the United States on the merits of the Endocrinology Program, which comprises Medical Endocrinology and Bariatric Surgery.
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| 2010 |
The American College of Surgeons re-accredits Baystate Medical Center as a Level 1 bariatric surgery center. |
