Casco Bay Surgery

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Portland, Maine 04102
207-761-6642
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Bariatric Surgery Program
Obesity-Related Links

Maine Medical Center Bariatric Surgery Program

This is a cooperative effort by Casco Bay Surgery and Maine Medical Center to provide patients with morbid obesity access to advanced laparoscopic approaches to weight loss (bariatric) surgery.

The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

This site has a great review of the history of bariatric (weight loss) surgery, a calculator for Body-Mass Index (BMI), and other useful information. Also a good place to locate bariatric surgeons across the country, in case you need one while traveling or moving to a new area. The surgeon list is not a guarantee of a competent surgeon or program, but membership to this professional society is selective, based on a surgeon's experience and commitment to bariatric surgery.

Surgical Review Corporation

This is a non-profit corporation committed to establishing criteria for evaluating bariatric surgical programs throughout the United States. It is responsible for reviewing hospital, staff, equipment and surgeon qualifications, inspecting programs, recognizing Centers of Excellence then monitoring outcome data from those programs. Its membership includes representatives from surgical practices, medical insurance companies, medical equipment producers, and patient advocate groups.

	Allergan, Inc. Company web site for the LAP-BAND adjustable gastric banding system.
	BariatricEdge Maintained by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. They make a lot of the equipment used during laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, but the site is informative and covers alternative operations fairly.
	ObesityHelp.com Aggressively for-profit site that has information about both surgical and non-surgical approaches to weight control and is a resource for contacting other bariatric patients, both pre-op and post-op. Information about surgeon training and experience is self-reported by the surgeons (without confirmation by the web site managers) and is provided only for those surgeons who pay an annual fee to the website (we do not).

	Shape Up America! A non-medical site directed toward the general public. It has useful tips for losing/gaining weight, staying fit through exercise and eating right.
	Casco Bay Surgery Office web site for Maine Medical Center Bariatric Surgery Program surgeons, Drs. Renee Wolff and Roy Cobean, and their partners.

The Bariatric Surgery Center
12 Andover Road
Portland, Maine 04102
(207)-761-5612
Toll-Free: (866)-268-9274
Fax: (207)-253-6073

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Last updated 2/16/09