Now that the party confetti has cleared and the calendar has flipped to 2024, many people are considering the positive changes they would like to make in the year ahead. Weight loss often tops the list of New Year’s resolutions. You may have already jotted down low-calorie recipes, planned new exercise routines, or started incorporating more healthy habits into your daily activities.
Even with your best efforts, however, you might need additional tools to meet your 'new year, new me' goals, and improve your quality of life. With the support of the staff and doctors at Reading Hospital Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center, your resolutions can become a reality.
Media reports have highlighted the addition of several new weight-loss medications on the market; however, these medications are not the best solution for everyone looking to achieve and maintain weight loss. For example, they tend to be less effective for patients with a BMI of 45 or higher. Additionally, it has been our experience that about 20 percent of patients need to convert to weight-loss surgery after trying weight-loss medications. In those cases, Reading Hospital Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center is among your best options to achieve long-term success.
Our bariatric surgery program offers high-quality, patient-centered, personalized care. We utilize leading-edge technology that provides excellent outcomes with low complications, infection, and readmission rates, along with shorter recovery times. Moreover, several of our quality metrics exceed industry standards. We are extremely proud to have earned prestigious designations and accreditations from the American College of Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Highmark Blue Shield.
Reading Hospital is the only facility in Berks County to perform robotic bariatric surgery, and the only facility in the region to perform robotic Duodenal Switch surgery - a more intensive option for patients with a BMI higher than 50. This procedure, which typically leads to greater weight loss and a lower risk of obesity recurrence, combines a sleeve gastrectomy with an intestinal bypass. Still further, our adolescent weight-loss surgery program, led by Dr. Stephan Myers, has the highest volume in the state.
Along with our convenient location on Broadcasting Road in Wyomissing, Tower Health Medical Group Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center is now accepting weight-loss surgery patients at our new Limerick location. All pre-operative and post-operative appointments will take place at Limerick, with surgery performed at Reading Hospital.
Continuing our high-level focus on comprehensive care, a fourth Reading Hospital retail pharmacy is set to open adjacent to our center in Wyomissing this year, offering patients convenient access to prescriptions and over-the-counter medications. Keep an eye out for information about our Spring Open House, where you can tour our Wyomissing facility, meet and talk with our team of expert surgeons and providers, and experience cooking demonstrations led by our trained dietitians.
If you are ready to improve your health and are interested in learning more about your weight-loss surgery options, call our office at 484-628-5673 and watch the free online weight-loss surgery seminar.