Franklin Regional Medical Center
continues to be one of the few hospitals in the region performing weight loss
surgery procedures with the highest quality physicians and medical
equipment. In consultation with your surgeon,
weight loss surgery may be the best option for patients concerned about their
weight management.
Why consider bariatric surgery?
Apart from the important and very difficult social and psychological
issues that obese people face each day, being significantly overweight
increases a person's risk of potentially life threatening
weight-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. These
diseases reduce quality of life, are expensive to treat, and
significantly decrease life expectancy.
Bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective method to help
people who have been unsuccessful at losing weight using diet and
exercise alone, to lose a significant amount of weight and maintain
that loss.
Is bariatric surgery the right choice for you?
Bariatric is a major decision that will permanently alter your life.
Deciding to pursue a surgical solution for weight loss requires a
commitment to making the changes in your life that bariatric surgery
requires. People who make these lifestyle changes achieve weight loss
and the benefits that accompany it such as increased health, greater
mobility, and improved self esteem and self confidence.
Dr. Scott Bovard is a general and bariatric surgeon trained in weight loss surgery
at the largest bariatric practice in the state of Maryland under Dr.
Singh and Dr. Averbach at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore MD, a Johns
Hopkins University affiliated hospital.
He has been in private practice since 2005 and has performed over 200 laparoscopic gastric bypasses and over 200 LAP-BAND® system
procedures, during training and private practice. Dr. Bovard is
Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery, a candidate member of
the American College of Surgeons, Affiliate member of the American
Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Member of the North
Carolina Medical Society, and is recognized as a national premiere
surgeon for the LAP-BAND® system by Allergan.
For more information regarding Dr. Bovard and/or bariatric procedures, please visit Bovard Bariatric Center on the Web at www.bovardbariatrics.com or by calling (919) 340-0306