Baystate Medical Center's Weight Loss Surgery Program employs leading edge surgical techniques to get the results obese patients desire when diet, exercise, and behavioral change alone don't meet expectations and health needs.  Our four board certified bariatric surgeons perform more weight loss surgical procedures than any other medical facility in Western Massachusetts.  Statistics...

Weight Loss Surgery Program staff recognize that obesity is a disease that profoundly affects each person's life in a different way.  Program professionals help patients design a personal weight loss experience that understand that patients may be facing medical, social, and emotional difficulties as a result of being overweight. 

Program participants have access to a team of  expert surgeons and  specially trained dietitians, psychologists, physicians, physician assistants and nurses to help them through all phases of care:

- Preoperative education

- Bariatric surgery procedures

- Postoperative counseling

- Dietary management

In March 2007, Baystate's Weight Loss Surgery Program was designated a Level 1 Bariatric Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.  Learn more....

Learn More about Weight Loss Surgery

Dr. John Romanelli, general/bariatric surgeon, BMC, was interviewed live on Bax and O'Brien Show on WAQY Radio on August 14 where he talked about obesity and bariatric surgery.  Listen to the audio of the interview....

Other online resources:

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Articles about bariatric/weight loss surgery
• Support Groups
• Links to:
  • Patient information about bariatric surgery
  • Weight management
  • Health information

Baystate Weight Loss Surgery Program

Patients - Before & After Surgery 

Read their stories

U.S. News and World Report singled out the Endocrinology component of Baystate Medical Center's Weight Loss Surgery Program in naming BMC one of America's Best Hospitals in 2007. 

If You Think You Are a Candidate for Weight Loss Surgery

For an intake information packet and form please contact:

• Baystate Surgical Associates, a Baystate-affiliated practice, that includes surgeons who perform bariatric surgery at 413.794.7020.

Complete and return the form as instructed.  If you are eligible for the surgery, a member of the Weight Loss Surgery Program team will contact you.