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Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery

Bariatric surgery, also called weight loss surgery, is one way to help you achieve your weight loss goals. Although more drastic than traditional methods, it is often the push many people need in order to make the changes necessary for permanent weight loss.

Our Lady of the Lake is recognized by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence^® -- one of only 431 facilities in the nation to be designated with this honor. This designation means that patients who choose to have bariatric surgery at Our Lady of the Lake have selected a hospital with a proven track record.

OLOL is pleased to offer a new online tool to to help you along your weight loss journey at ololweightloss.com. Visit the site to calculate your BMI, get helpful tips about losing weight, and learn about surgical and non-surgical weight loss patients' successes with the programs at the Lake.