New York City & Manhattan

Center for Metabolic & Weight Loss Surgery
New York Presbyterian Hospital/
Columbia University Medical center
161 Fort Washington Ave
New York City, NY
1.800.227.2762

James A. Sapala, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
CORI Center
131 Spring Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10012
800-578-CORI (2674)

Lap Band/Gastric Bypass Surgery Center
of Manhattan, NYC
Beth Israel Medical Center 6th Floor,
1st Ave and 16th St,
New York, NY
(888) 879-0364

Leaque Ahmed M.D.
Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox ave
New York, NY 10037
212 939 2377

Lenox Hill Hospital -
Manhattan Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Edward Yatco MD
186 East 76th St.
First Floor
New York, New York, 10021
212-434-3285

NYU Program for Surgical Weight Loss
Christine Ren, MD
George Fielding, MD
530 First Avenue
Suite 10S
New York, NY
212-263-3166

New York Presbyterian -
Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University
Weight Loss Surgery Program
Michel Gagner, MD, FACS
Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS
Greg Dakin, MD
525 East 68st, Box 294
New York, NY 10021
212-746-5294

The Mount Sinai Program for Surgical Weight Loss
5 East 98th St.,
Box 1259
New York, NY 10029
212-241-3309

Lap Band, or laparoscopic adjustable gastric band is a device that is implanted during bariatric surgery which seeks to restrict food intake by decreasing the size of the stomach. The device itself is a silicone prosthetic which is inflatable and placed around the upper portion of the stomach with the aid of a laparoscope. The adjustable lap band surgery option is for obese patients with a body mass index of 40 or greater, and 35-40 in severe cases.

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