Lap Band Surgery at Surgical Weight Control in Las Vegas, NV
A “can-do” attitude marks the Surgical Weight Control Center of Las Vegas, NV. The center’s website congratulates visitors to the website for taking the first step in researching weight loss options to regain their health. The center follows through with an upbeat program that promises to help “turn your life around.”
A Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, the Surgical Weight Control Center of Las Vegas offers gastric sleeve, gastric band (including the Lap-Band), and gastric bypass procedures.
According to a 2007 Health Grades Report, the Surgical Weight Control Center of Nevada is the top bariatric program in the state and among the top 5% in the nation. The staff at the Surgical Weight Control Center of Nevada includes physicians’ assistants, a dietician, patient advocates, and even a health and wellness coach to ensure a patient’s emotional and physical needs are met throughout the surgical weight loss process.
Dr. James D. Atkinson, MD, FACS
The Medical Director of the Surgical Weight Control Center, Dr. Atkinson has led surgeons across the nations in bariatric techniques. Dr. Atkinson makes it clear to patients and community members that the Surgical Weight Control Center is solely dedicated to the field of bariatrics, making the team experts in their fields. Dr. Atkinson is a native of Las Vegas. He graduated from medical school at the University of Nevada and completed his residency and surgery training at the University Medical Center of Las Vegas, serving as chief resident of surgery there until 2000. After completing his surgical residency, he further trained in the specialized surgical field of advanced laparoscopy. He is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and has been inducted into the distinguished medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. In 2002, he was named as one of America’s Top Surgeons.
Darren W. Soong, MD, FACS
Dr. Warren W. Soong, M.D. is a partner and surgeon at the Surgical Weight control Center of Nevada. Dr. Atkinson and he have performer more Gastric Band surgeries than all other bariatric practices in Nevada combined. Voted as one of the Top Doctors in Las Vegas for four consecutive years, patients can feel confident that they are in good hands with Dr. Soong.
Dr. Soong completed his residency at the University Of Nevada School of Medicine in 1995 and he and his family remain as residents of Las Vegas.
Contact the Surgical Weight Control Center at info@bandandbypass.com or by phone at 702-313-THIN [8446]. The center is located at 3802 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas NV 89107. Visit online at bandandbypass.com.
Dr. Francis W. Teng Bariatrics of Las Vegas, Nevada
Meet Dr. Francis W. Teng of the aptly named Francis W. Teng Bariatrics center. After completing his surgical residency at the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Teng brought his compassion and advanced technology skills to Las Vegas in 1998. Dr. Teng is a specialist in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery and has performed thousands of advanced laparoscopic procedures. He offers the bariatric procedures of gastric sleeve, gastric banding, and gastric bypass, as well as several advanced general surgery options.
Dr. Teng’s passion for bringing long-term weight loss to morbidly obese patients led him to develop his comprehensive bariatric program in 2002, which was nationally recognized as a "Center of Excellence" program (COE). Dr. Teng was also voted as a top Laparoscopic Surgeon among his peers and the general public.
Dr. Teng’s office is located at 3150 N. Tenaya, Suite #680, Las Vegas, NV 89128. For more information, please call the office at 702-838-5888, visit online at fwtengbariatrics.com, or email info@fwtengbariatrics.com.