Weight-Loss Procedures

Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Options:
Gastric Bypass and Gastric Sleeve

If you're morbidly obese and other treatments — including diet, exercise, and medication — haven't worked for you, you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery or obesity surgery.

The Methodist Weight Management Program offers several minimally invasive laparoscopic weight-loss surgeries for patients with a BMI of 40 or higher or a BMI of 35 with weight-related conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, or joint pain. Most patients are candidates for laparoscopic surgery.

Minimally invasive laparoscopic weight-loss surgery options available at the Methodist Weight Management Program, include:

• Gastric Sleeve
• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Duodenal Switch
• Revision Surgeries
• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG)
• Intragastric Balloon (IGB)
• Robotic Weight-Loss Surgery

The weight-loss surgery process at the Methodist Weight Management Program includes:

• Pre-op evaluation and education from a multi-disciplinary team
• Weight loss surgery
• Post-op support that is ongoing and involves in-person or virtual support communities

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and is recognized for excellence in bariatric surgery:

• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Accredited Center​​
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery
• Cigna Certified Bariatric Center
• AETNA Institutes of Quality (IOQ)
• OPTUM Bariatric Centers of Excellence Network
• Leapfrog

Patient success stories:

• Weight-loss surgery helps couple shed nearly 300 pounds
• For this firefighter, it was weight-loss surgery to the rescue
• Weight-loss surgery minus the surgery

Contact the Methodist Weight Management Program

Why Weight?
Take the first step toward better health today.
Contact the Methodist Weight Management Program at (214) 947-3699 or weightloss@mhd.com.