Bariatric Surgery, Lap Band, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Los Angeles CA.

These pages about laparoscopic bariatric surgery offer information about lap band surgery and laparoscopic gastric bypass for obesity.  We will help you make an intelligent and informed decision about this important step towards permanent weight loss...Find out if you qualify for one of these surgeries and what you have to do to maintain your weight loss after Lap Band or gastric bypass.

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. And just this year, Dr. Katkhouda was the first surgeon in California to do single access laparoscopic surgery with the Realize Lap Band.

"The impact of bariatric, or weight loss surgery is profound," says Katkhouda, professor of surgery and director of the Keck School of Medicine's minimally invasive surgery program. "It is one of the most gratifying surgeries I perform."

Dr. Namir Katkhouda has trained well over a thousand surgeons in the LapBand® System and laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures and has personally performed thousands of laparoscopic procedures for various serious stomach conditions. He is Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at  University of Southern California Hospital in LA. (The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recently recognized the Bariatric Surgery Program at USC University Hospital a center of excellence.

He and his team of surgeons have performed thousands of Lap Band procedures and maintain the highest level of success. Dr. Katkhouda is President (2009) of the California Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

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 achieve 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 bariatric weight loss surgeries

          
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"Morbid obesity is considered by the government and medical profession as a chronic disease, no different from diabetes, cancer or anything else," Katkhouda says. "And overeating is now recognized as an addiction no different than smoking, gambling or alcoholism."

The threshold for surgery is typically a BMI over 40, or between 30 and 35 if the patient also has a disease related to obesity, such as diabetes or sleep apnea.

The surgery generally improves overall well-being and has been shown to help reduce obesity-related conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, depression and lower back pain. There has been discussion about offering the surgery to diabetics with lesser degrees of obesity, although it is not currently permitted in the U.S., Katkhouda says.

"It is a serious commitment, and patients considering bariatric surgery should research the program thoroughly," he says. "But for many patients, the results are astonishing."

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