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Mar 22, 2024 New Pediatric Weight Management Program Introduced By The Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center Weight Loss

Sonia Sethi, MD FAAP, DABOM, the Director of MMC’s new Pediatric Weight Management Program, is shown in the Teen Room on the hospital’s Pediatric Unit, where she also works as a hospitalist. Long Branch, NJ–March 22, 2024– In New Jersey, data reveals that ...

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Jan 11, 2024 RWJBarnabas Health - HealthTalk: Weight Loss, Bariatric Services Weight Loss

It's not about losing weight overnight. It's about staying healthy over time. Hamilton, NJ - January is Health Weight Awareness Month, and we’ve become a nation obsessed with weight. But we seem to be losing sight of why we should lose weight. At ...

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Dec 26, 2023 Weight Loss Surgery Weight Loss

Many people who could benefit from bariatric surgery don’t consider it because of widespread misconceptions. About 30 percent of U.S. adults qualify as obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Bariatric (weight loss) surgery, ...

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Dec 26, 2023 Ask the Doctor January 2024 Weight Loss

Medical and Surgical Weight Loss Offers a Healthy Way to Slim Down Question: How does being overweight affect our health? Ragui W. Sadek, MD Answer: More than 40 percent of American adults are obese, according to the National Health and Nutrition ...

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Oct 25, 2023 Monmouth Medical Center Reaccredited by Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program® Weight Loss

Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program® Meets all National Quality Standards Established to Deliver Safe, High Quality Metabolic and Bariatric Patient Care From left at the Anne Vogel Family Care & Wellness Center are Dmitry Oleynikov, MD, Chair of ...

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Jul 13, 2023 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center performs 1,000th weight loss surgery Weight Loss

From Left to Right: Jomara J. Pena, RN, BSN, CBS, Clinical Patient Navigator; Jordaine Willilams, Surgical Schedular; Beth Coplan, RDN, CDCES, CCTD, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist; Alan A. Saber, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM, Bariatric and Metabolic ...

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Jul 11, 2023 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program Performs 1,000th Weight Loss Surgery Weight Loss

From Left to Right: Jomara J. Pena, RN, BSN, CBS, Clinical Patient Navigator; Jordaine Willilams, Surgical Schedular; Beth Coplan, RDN, CDCES, CCTD, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist; Alan A. Saber, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM, Bariatric and Metabolic ...

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Jul 7, 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Bariatrics Surgery Program Designated MBASQIP Center of Excellence by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and American College of Surgeons Weight Loss

(New Brunswick, NJ) - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Bariatric Surgery Program has been named a MBSAQIP (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program) Center of Excellence by the American Society of ...

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Mar 13, 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Awarded Third Consecutive Disease-specific Care Certification for Bariatric Surgery from the Joint Commission Weight Loss

Program is One of Only Five in the Country to Achieve this Certification (New Brunswick, NJ) – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval ® for Bariatric Surgery ...

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