Weight Loss Surgery, Obesity and Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss - ObesityHelp and NIX Health Care System in San Antonio, TX September 14, 2007

Event Sponsor - Nix Medical Center

Since 1930, the Nix Health Care System has established a tradition of excellence in the health care industry. We have continued to address the needs of our community by providing cutting-edge technology and new medical services and treatments. As a full-service health care provider, the Nix Health Care System offers a broad scope of hospital services, physical rehabilitation services, and behavioral health services as well as home health care.

Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, the Nix Medical Center downtown houses an acute care hospital, primary care physicians and a full-range of specialty physicians and services. The Nix Health Care System has been recognized for many outstanding services, which include the Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

The Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center, under the medical direction of Keith Wright, M.D. and Gerardo Carcamo, M.D., takes a team approach to weight loss surgery. At the center, the Lap Band procedure is available, which is an alternative to the more invasive gastric bypass surgery. In addition to the actual surgery, the surgical weight loss program includes patient education and counseling, follow-up care, and ongoing support group meetings. Being designated as a Center of Excellence means that the Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center has attained the highest levels of optimal performance. As a Center of Excellence, the Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center delivers quality care to every patient, every time. Additionally, this achievement now allows the hospital to provide this much needed program to Medicare recipients who suffer from severe obesity and the related complications and conditions.

Event Co-Sponsor - Gerardo E. Carcamo, M.D. - Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Cárcamo graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1992 and completed his surgical training at University of Texas in Houston in 1997.

He is a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, and a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. He has been in the practice of general surgery in San Antonio since 1997, dealing with a wide variety of problems such as gallbladder disease, hernias, intestinal disorder, breast disease and cancer.

A large proportion of his practice involves minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery. His interest in weight loss (bariatric) surgery led him to seek additional training in 2003, and he has since offered the Lap-Band® System or the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band.

Event Co-Sponsor - J. Keith Wright, M.D. - Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Wright graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1994 with high honors, and completed his surgical training at UT Southwestern in Dallas in 2001. While in Dallas he also completed a research fellowship in surgical critical care, and has multiple publications in scientific journals dealing with organ injury in shock.

He is a member of the Society of American Gastointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the Texas Medical Association, Bexar County Medical Society, and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. He has been in the practice of general surgery in San Antonio since 2001, dealing with a wide variety of problems such as gallbladder disease, hernias, intestinal disorders, breast disease and cancer.

A large proportion of his practice involves minimally invasive, or laparoscopic surgery. His interest in weight loss (bariatric) surgery led him to seek additional training in 2003, and he has since offered the LAP-BAND® System, or the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band.

Event Co-Sponsor - Thomas T. Jeneby, MD - Plastic Surgeon

Dr Jeneby was raised in the.Washington D.C. area. He grew up in Alexandria, Va. and McLean Va. where he attended T.C. Williams High School.

Dr. Jeneby is also a National speaker on Wound Care and is a national lecturer on the V.A.C. wound care device, Healthpoint, and Johnson & Johnson.

Jeremy Gentles, BS, CSCS

ObesityHelp's staff health and fitness expert. Jeremy studied Exercise Science at East Tennessee State University and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

What are your motivations for exercising? What barriers exist that hold you back from exercise? Are you a victim misinformation? Are you armed with the knowledge to safely participate in a self guided exercise program to assist you in achieving long term success after weight loss surgery?

While there a multitude of obstacles that get in our way, preventing us from living full active lives, understanding the why's and how's of exercise is crucial for knocking down those obstacles, dispelling myths and living a healthier life through exercise.

Come explore the benefits of having a healthy focus and learn how to properly and safely implement a weight/resistance training program.

It's your journey....Train for it!

Cost
Obesity Help Regional Conference at Los Angeles on August 25, 2007. $40 online, $50 at the door.

We hope to see you there!

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