If you are considering weight loss surgery, you can learn about the newest surgeries for obesity, Realize Lap Band and gastric lap band surgery (we use the LAPBAND® System) and laparoscopic gastric bypass. We consider these surgeries to be the safest surgical procedures for morbid obesity available today.

Dr. Katkhouda was the first surgeon in California to do single access laparoscopic surgery with the Realize Lap Band. These pages by top Los Angeles laparoscopic surgeon offer information about the newest gastric lap band and laparoscopic gastric bypass bariatric surgery for weight loss. We will help you make an intelligent and informed decision about this important step towards permanent weightloss...Find out if you qualify for one of these surgeries and what you have to do to maintain your weight loss after LapBand surgery or gastric bypass.

Dr. Namir Katkhouda is Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at one of the best hospitals to do gastric lap band, University of Southern California Hospital in Los Angeles, he has trained over 800 surgeons in the LapBand® System and laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures and has personally performed thousands of laparoscopic procedures for various serious thoracic conditions.

He and his team of surgeons have performed over 2000 Lap Band procedures and maintain the highest level of success. Dr. Katkhouda (late 2008) is president-elect of the California Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

As an international expert in advanced laparoscopic surgery, he was one of the first surgeons chosen to participate in clinical trials for the LAP-BAND® System and one of first surgeons approved by the FDA for its use.

He performs bariatric surgery in Los Angeles California and offers important information on benefits and draw-backs of bariatric surgery when all other attempts for losing weight have failed.

Although these new surgeries to promote weight loss, have greatly reduced the risks, not all patients are suitable for laparoscopic weight reduction surgery, only your surgeon can make the final decision, and after surgery, the patient must still make behavioral changes to control and maintain their weight loss.  Proper diet and foods, in the correct amounts are still very important.

Read frequently asked questions about morbid obesity surgery, including the newest LAP-BAND system. Calculate your body fat as a first step to see if you might qualify for weight loss surgery. View before and after photos of patients who have made the journey.

 Contact Dr. Katkhouda in Los Angeles California Call 1-323-442-5709 or email questions about the types of bariatric weight loss surgeries

          
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