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West Penn Allegheny Health System
Bariatric Surgery Center
West Penn Hospital Ranked #1 in Pennsylvania for Weight Loss Surgery
for the FOURTH Year in a Row by HealthGrades®
Read 2010 Press Release
West Penn Bariatric TV News stories:
Weight Loss Surgery Helps Woman Get Pregnant
West Penn in Nation's Top 5% for Weight Loss Surgery
Local Teenager Undergoes Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric Bypass Surgery Changes a Woman's Life
Bariatric surgeons:
Daniel J. Gagné, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Director of the West Penn Allegheny Health System Bariatric Surgery Center
Jorge Urbandt, MD, FACS
Miro Uchal, MD
The West Penn surgeons have performed more than 2,300 surgeries, published over 50 papers and book chapters on weight loss surgery and have given more than 120 presentations nationally and throughout the world. Please click on 'Research Publications' to the right for a partial list of their bariatric surgery publications.
West Penn Bariatric Surgery Center has received the following prestigious designations:
- Ranked #1 in Pennsylvania for Weight Loss Surgery four years in a row by HealthGrades
- American Society of Bariatric Surgery “Center of Excellence”
- American College of Surgeons “Center of Excellence”
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associated “Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery”
- HealthAmerica “Center of Excellence”
- United Resource Network “Center of Excellence”
- Cigna “Center of Excellence"
Find out if Bariatric Surgery is right for you.
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