Gastric Bypass Surgery Ottawa, Ontario

Gastric Bypass Surgery Ottawa, Ontario

You're tired all the time. Your knees and back hurt constantly. Walking has become difficult and you are starting to feel trapped in your own home. If you, like many other Canadians in the Ottawa, Ontario area, are morbidly obese, the activities of daily life can be nearly impossible. While diet and exercise alone may not solve the problem, gastric bypass surgery has helped many people in your situation lose weight and reclaim their lives.

Those wishing to have weight loss surgery have many options. Intestinal bypass, which is one of the oldest methods, involves the rearrangement of the digestive organs in such a way that food is only exposed to a small part of the intestine. In this way, absorption is limited, the patient takes in fewer calories, and weight loss occurs. Vertical Banded Gastroplasty involves the installation of a band around part of the stomach, limiting the ability of food that can be ingested at one time. The Laparoscopic Band is similar to Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, except that in this case, the band can be adjusted. With these two methods, the patient can only comfortably take in a small amount of solid food at one time, leading to weight loss. Finally, when performing gastric bypass surgery, doctors actually staple the stomach so that only a small pouch remains. The intestines are also rerouted, limiting the absorption of calories from the food the patient has eaten. The latter is considered the gold standard, and it has helped innumerable patients lose weight.

Although Canadians often have to wait up to 5 years for this life-altering surgery, Dr. Goodman can help patients to shorten the waiting period to less than 3 months. This, combined with his surgical expertise, ensures that patients can have timely, successful treatment.

Obesity is associated with:
- diabetes
- hypertension
- heart disease
- colon cancer
- breast cancer
- uterine cancer
- cervical cancer
- gallbladder cancer
- prostate cancer
- rectal cancer
- degenerative arthritis
- sleep apnea
- depression
- pulmonary hypertension

After finishing College and Medical School at Cambridge University in England, Dr. Goodman came to the United States for training in General Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in New York. He then finished a Fellowship at Columbia University, focusing on cellular immunology. Since then, he has Co-Directed the University Institute for Surgery of Morbid Obesity, and spent time on the faculty at New Jersey Medical School. He then served as a faculty member at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and worked at Montefiore Medical Center. He has been at Beth Israel in New York City since 2004.

If you are from the Ottawa, Ontario area and you are interested in gastric bypass surgery, you might not have to wait. Call Dr. Goodman for a consultation today!