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Weight Loss: Surgery and Medical Management
Exceptional care
We are changing the way people look at weight loss surgery. As a state-wide leader in bariatric surgery outcomes, we have helped define what weight loss surgery can be through innovative research and collaboration between our medical weight management and surgery teams. We'd love to meet you and start your journey to better health and happiness.
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Weight loss management and surgery at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, brings together resources and expertise that help make weight loss a reality for our patients.
Services
- Pediatric weight management
At University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, we offer both surgical and non-surgical options to help you achieve a healthy weight. As state-wide leaders in bariatric surgery outcomes, experts in our Weight Loss Clinic helped define weight-loss surgery through innovative research and care. And specialists in our Weight Management Center offer non-surgical weight loss options that include customized diet and exercise plans tailored to each patient. Collaboration between the two programs brings together resources and expertise that help make weight loss a reality for our patients. We have a team of doctors, nurses, psychologists, dietitians, and physical and rehabilitation therapists to help you achieve the changes you seek.
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Patient Portal
Current patients can access their individualized weight-loss program by clicking the button below:
Start your journey with us!
Patient Portal
Current patients can access their individualized weight-loss program by clicking the button below:
Doctors & Providers
Weight Loss Management
Weight Loss Surgery
Health Care Support
Our Providers Make the Difference
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.
Patient Stories
Barbie's Story
Barbie, a labor and delivery nurse, struggled to lose weight for more than 30 years. At age 57, she wondered if she was too old to be considered for surgery.
She met with Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin, general surgeon at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, to discuss her weight-loss surgery options and together, they determined which surgery would work best for her. He supported her decision but emphasized surgery would simply be a tool to help her lose weight. Beyond that, it was up to her to make the life-long commitment.
Throughout the entire process– from preparation to surgery to follow-up– Barbie appreciated Dr. Ikramuddin's honest, encouragement and ongoing availability. Ten years later, after losing nearly 100 pounds, her journey continues. She still meets with him and his staff for the required follow-up appointments and regularly attends a weight management nutrition program on her own. She says the opportunity to share both the triumphs and the struggles with others has been important to maintaining a healthy weight since the surgery.
Today, Barbie has the energy and stamina of someone half her age. In the years since her surgery, Barbie knows having someone 'in her corner' has been essential to her success. She credits looking and feeling younger, and her improved quality of life, to the doctors and specialists at the Weight Loss Clinic.
Throughout the entire process– from preparation to surgery to follow-up– Barbie appreciated Dr. Ikramuddin's honest, encouragement and ongoing availability. Ten years later, after losing nearly 100 pounds, her journey continues. She still meets with him and his staff for the required follow-up appointments and regularly attends a weight management nutrition program on her own. She says the opportunity to share both the triumphs and the struggles with others has been important to maintaining a healthy weight since the surgery.
Today, Barbie has the energy and stamina of someone half her age. In the years since her surgery, Barbie knows having someone 'in her corner' has been essential to her success. She credits looking and feeling younger, and her improved quality of life, to the doctors and specialists at the Weight Loss Clinic.
Join Us!
Bariatric Education Days (June 5-6) and Update in Gastrointestinal Surgery (June 7-8)
Learn about the latest in bariatric and gastrointestinal surgery June 5-8 at an event sponsored by the University of Minnesota Medical School. Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, and Daniel Leslie, MD, are course directors for the events.
These sessions, presented by the Department of Surgery, are designed for health care professionals, including general and bariatric surgeons, primary care physicians, nurses and coordinators, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, psychologists, registered dietitians, program managers and hospital administrators. The event takes place at the Radisson Blue - Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
Bariatric Education Days June 5-6
Includes changes in administrative practice and new data about treating metabolic syndrome, the increasing need for revisions and management of other complications sets, new technologies and medications that have broadened the scope of care for the obese patient.
Update in Gastrointestinal Surgery June 7-8
Includes emerging trends in gastrointestinal surgery, from the esophagus to hemorrhoids and innovative therapeutic options for treating gastrointestinal diseases.
Go to the University of Minnesota website for a complete course listing and to register.
These sessions, presented by the Department of Surgery, are designed for health care professionals, including general and bariatric surgeons, primary care physicians, nurses and coordinators, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, psychologists, registered dietitians, program managers and hospital administrators. The event takes place at the Radisson Blue - Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
Bariatric Education Days June 5-6
Includes changes in administrative practice and new data about treating metabolic syndrome, the increasing need for revisions and management of other complications sets, new technologies and medications that have broadened the scope of care for the obese patient.
Update in Gastrointestinal Surgery June 7-8
Includes emerging trends in gastrointestinal surgery, from the esophagus to hemorrhoids and innovative therapeutic options for treating gastrointestinal diseases.
Go to the University of Minnesota website for a complete course listing and to register.
