UF Health Weight Loss Surgery Center – Shands Hospital Hospital

UF Health surgeons offer minimally invasive bariatric surgeries at the UF Health Weight Loss Surgery Center at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. The multidisciplinary center brings together a health care team, caring for the whole patient, not just their surgical needs. UF Health surgeons collaborate with UF Health experts from psychiatry, cardiology, pulmonology, medicine, nephrology and nutrition as they strive to identify and resolve the extensive health problems associated with morbid obesity. Procedures Minimally invasive weight-loss surgery procedures offered include: Inflatable adjustable gastric band, including Lap-Band and REALIZE band procedures Laparoscopic gastric bypass Laparoscopic gastric sleeve Biliopancreatic diversion/Scopinaro Procedure Weight-loss, or bariatric, surgery limits the amount of food that can be taken into a person’s stomach. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass reduces the stomach’s size and bypasses the small intestines so less fat is absorbed from foods consumed. The inflatable adjustable gastric band uses an adjustable plastic ring to narrow the stomach’s opening, limiting the amount of food that can pass and decreasing one’s hunger sensation.