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Contact: Kristi Gooden
615/284-5446
kristi.gooden@baptisthospital.com

WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY SEMINARS OFFERED DURING FEBRUARY AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 29, 2010 - Baptist Hospital's Metabolic Surgery Center is offering several weight loss surgery seminars to educate patients, family members and friends who want to learn more about the weight loss procedures available. Seminars are free of charge. Support groups are also offered and open to anyone who has undergone weight loss surgery. For more information, please call (615) 284-2400 or visit www.baptistweightloss.com. Upcoming classes for February include:

Weight Loss Surgery General Education Seminar

A seminar covering all aspects of weight loss surgery, including procedures performed, the process from consultation to aftercare, risks of surgery, complications, outcomes, medication and diet. Free of charge and open to patients, family members and friends interested in learning more about bariatric surgery. All seminars are held at Baptist Hospital's Metabolic Surgery Center, 2021 Church Street, Suite 104, Nashville at 6 p.m. and led by physicians. For more information, call (615) 284-2400.

Thursday, February 4 - Dr. Albert Spaw
Tuesday, February 9 - Dr. George Lynch
Thursday, February 18 - Dr. James McDowell

Duodenal Switch Support Group

A support group open to all area duodenal switch and sleeve gastrectomy weight loss surgery patients. Free of charge. Held on Monday, February 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Baptist Hospital's Metabolic Surgery Center, 2021 Church Street, Suite 104, Nashville. For more information, call (615) 284-2400.

Staple Club Support Group

A support group open to all area gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy weight loss surgery patients. Free of charge. Held on Tuesday, February 2 at 5:30 p.m. at Baptist Hospital's Metabolic Surgery Center, 2021 Church Street, Suite 104, Nashville. For more information, call (615) 284-2400.

Bandstanders Support Group

A support group open to all area lap-band weight loss surgery patients. Free of charge. Held on Thursday, February 11 at 5:30 p.m. at Baptist Hospital's Metabolic Surgery Center, 2021 Church Street, Suite 104, Nashville. For more information, call (615) 284-2400.

Dickson Weight Loss Surgery Support Group

A support group open to all weight loss surgery patients at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 1. A dietitian will also be on hand to answer questions from pre-operative and post-operative patients. Free of charge and open to the public. The meeting will be held at Dickson First United Methodist Church, located at 215 North Main Street in Dickson. For more information, please call (615) 284-2400.

Saint Thomas Health Services is a faith-based ministry with more than 6,500 associates serving Middle Tennessee. Saint Thomas Health Services' regional health system consists of four hospitals - Baptist and Saint Thomas in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville - and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, the Center for Spinal Surgery, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. STHS is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sths.com.