MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
skip to main navigation Healthcare Services Find a Doctor Locations Patient Portal Research and Education Careers menu MedStar Health Healthcare Services Bariatrics Bariatrics and Weight Loss Surgery Browse this page Overview Are You a Candidate? Types of Bariatric Surgery Innovative Treatments Pathway Through Program Specialists Our Locations FAQs Non-Surgical Weight Loss Patient Stories Blogs Related Services At MedStar Health, we understand the difficulties of dealing with weight issues, both physically and emotionally. That’s why we have a team of healthcare professionals who specialize in this field. We have been successfully performing weight loss surgery—also called bariatric surgery—for decades. Our exceptional physicians are skilled in multiple treatment and surgeries for those who desire to lose weight but have been unsuccessful in conventional methods. Bariatric surgery is a surgical procedure performed on the stomach and/or intestines to induce weight loss. For patients with health issues like diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea, undergoing a bariatric procedure and committing to a new lifestyle could put an end to weight-related health conditions that limit daily activities and ultimately threaten to shorten lives. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) combined their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®). This program works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical patients through the accreditation of bariatric surgical centers. A bariatric surgical center achieves accreditation following a rigorous review process during which it proves that it can
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