|
Weight Loss Wellness Center for Adults and Children
WLWC
Bariatric (Weight-Loss) Surgery
Basic Science Obesity Research
Body Composition Research Facility
Healthy KIDS Program
Weight Management Program for Adults
|
Weight Loss Wellness Center for Adults & Children (WLWC)
Winthrop-University Hospital offers a wide range of medically supervised weight loss and health enhancement programs for children, adolescents and adults. Emphasizing lifestyle changes to control weight and improve health, the programs are conducted by multidisciplinary teams of weight experts, including endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists radiologists, psychiatrists and bariatric surgeons, as well as nurses trained in the safe and specialized care of overweight or obese patients. Their approaches include comprehensive medical screenings, nutrition assessments, personalized nutritional care plans, behavior modification and exercise, as well as medication and surgery, when indicated. Emotional and social support, as well as community education, are fundamental to the Center's programs. Their efforts are supported by a solid foundation of research and clinical trials.
Services and programs include
Bariatric (Weight-Loss) Surgery
Basic Science Obesity Research
Body Composition Research Facility
Healthy KIDS Program
Weight Management Program for Adults
Program Summaries
Bariatric (Weight-Loss) Surgery Program (BSP)
The BSP is a weight loss surgery program for individuals unable to lose weight using conventional medical methods. The procedure involves a major gastrointestinal operation that limits how much the stomach can hold. Winthrop's bariatric surgery team performs laparoscopic gastric banding, and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and minimally invasive sleeve gastrectomy. They provide a high level of personal attention, taking each step with each patient along their journey to weight loss.
Read more...
120 Mineola Boulevard, Suite 320
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-3300
516-663-8936
Collin Brathwaite, MD
|
|
157 E. Woodside Ave.
Patchogue, NY 11772
631-265-7000
|
Basic Science Obesity Research
Integrating the work of basic scientists and clinicians in the fields of endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, oncology, pulmonology and rheumatology, basic science obesity research focuses on the disease-causing mechanisms responsible for the development of cardiovascular complications in diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and kidney failure.
Read more...
Suite 505-B
222 Station Plaza North
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-2028
Louis Ragolia, PhD
Body Composition Research Facility
The Body Composition Research Facility includes the Bone Mineral Research Center, which is involved in body composition analysis, including total body fat mass, lean mass and skeletal mass.
Read more...
Suite 350
222 Station Plaza North
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-2772
John F. Aloia, MD
Healthy KIDS Program (HKP)
The HKP combines nutritional guidance, physical exercise and behavior modification to facilitate successful and sustainable life style changes for overweight children, adolescents and their families.
Read more...
Suite 210
120 Mineola Boulevard
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-3919
Siham Accacha, MD
Weight Management Program for Adults (WMPA)
The WMPA is a comprehensive, medically supervised weight loss and health enhancement program for adults. The program offers medical screenings, nutrition assessments and personalized nutritional care plans, as well as behavior modification, exercise and medication, when indicated.
Read more...
Suite 350
222 Station Plaza North
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-DIET (3438)
Namyi Yu, MD
516-663-4786 (3438)
Donna Norkaitis, MS, RD, CDN
|
