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Article: The Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss Program at Sound Shore Medical Center. (Quality Health Care 2002: Advertising and Resource Guide).(laparoscopic surgery)
- Article from:
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 27, 2002
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OBESITY does not have to be a life sentence. The revolutionary minimally invasive surgical procedure that helped singer Carnie Wilson transform her life, laparoscopic gastric bypass, is now available to people throughout southern Westchester. Two of Sound Shore Medical Center's leading surgeons, Dr. Madhu Rangraj, F.A.C.S. and Dr. Leonard Maffucci, F.A.C.S., will direct the new Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss Program located on the eighth floor ambulatory services wing of the Joyce Pavilion at Sound Shore.
Bariatric surgery has been proven to be an effective procedure for morbidly or unhealthfully obese individuals. Generally, people who are 100 pounds or more ...