Bariatric Surgery Barrie, Ontario with Dr. Goodman

Bariatric Surgery Barrie, Ontario

The treatment goal for severe obesity should be an improvement in health achieved by a durable weight loss that reduces life threatening risk factors and improves the performance of daily activities. In most all cases, surgical treatment is required. However, the wait lists for weight loss surgeries in Barrie, Ontario are impossible. According to 2003 US statistics, Ontario required 4,500 bariatric surgeries per year but only 200 surgeries were performed in the province. Dr. Elliot R. Goodman, MD of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City has heard of the toil of four to five year long waiting lists from his Canadian patients and has created a program for them and those that follow.

Dr. Goodman a board certified surgeon was asked to join the Beth Israel Medical Center in 2004 in order to continue his work in the Obesity/Weight Loss field. Born in England, he went to medical school in Cambridge University and moved to the USA in 1990. He trained in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center for six years and then spent two years as a research fellow at Columbia University to work with Mark Hardy, MD. During his fellowship he presented his finding of cellular transplantation and immunology at various national and international meetings and published his work in many prestigious peer-reviewed journals. Goodman's clinical interests include general and Bariatric surgery while his research interests have focused on mechanisms of gene expression in fat cells before and after gastric bypass surgery.
The program offers services such as:

- Comprehensive, multi-dimensional examination of the patient's medical history
- Pre and post-surgical support services
- Aid in the completion of medical forms for approval by OHIP and other Canadian Health Departments.
- Perform Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, a procedure proven to be superior to all others in numerous trials by a board certified surgeon
- Endocrine Medicine
- Psychiatry for behavior modification after surgery
- Nutritional science education on appropriate diet and exercise

Dr. Goodman has dedicated much of his life through his learning, teaching, research and practice to serving people suffering from morbid obesity. If you're in Barrie, Ontario area call Dr. Goodman at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City for immediate Bariatric Surgery.