Weight-Loss Surgery
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571.284.3440Living with unwanted extra weight can be unhealthy. It can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and joint problems, especially if left untreated. If you’ve been diagnosed with obesity, diet and exercise alone sometimes can’t bring your weight down. If exercise and diet alone have failed to help, weight-loss surgery might be an option for you. Also called bariatric surgery, this offers an effective way to improve your health.
Is Bariatric Surgery Right for Me?
Surgery isn't the right choice for everyone. Find out if you qualify for bariatric surgery.
Weight-Loss Surgery at UVA Health
At UVA, we have the most experienced bariatric and metabolic surgery team in central Virginia. Our clinics take patients from referring doctors throughout Virginia. These include the most at-risk and difficult surgeries.
Our experts perform:
- Gastric bypass
- Gastric sleeve
- SADI, or single anastomosis duodeno–ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy
- Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, a non-surgical procedure
Learn more about these weight-loss procedures.
How Much Will Surgery Cost?
Get a general idea of what you'll have to pay: Use calculators, see price lists, or ask for a personalized estimate.
Angela's New Lease on Life
Angela Taylor's struggles with weight management were compounded by tragic loss. Her consultation with bariatric & general surgeon Peter Hallowell opened a new chapter of her journey.
Life before I decided to have bariatric surgery was just you know your typical young professional living in Charlottesville.
I always struggled with weight throughout my entire life going on various different diet Atkins Weight Watchers several times.
Jenny Craig the military diet.
You name it I probably tried it.
I would get the weight off but gain it back.
Plus some. Lots life things that just led me into a place of just unhealthy eating.
It just really left no time for me to really care for myself so I just started eating just all of my feelings and gained a significant amount of weight.
I think the most I weighed was like 280.
Another reason that led me to having gastric bypass surgery.
January of 2017 I tragically lost my boyfriend of 3 years and his mother Terry has just been a huge support system. She happen into the life of my son.
And she was just so good for him and it was so wonderful to be with her.
She quickly became one of us.
I can understand her issues because we had the same thing.
She was a foodie and good food means a lot.
If I do this like I could get rid of my high blood pressure medicine I won't be pre diabetic anymore.
So Angela's like other patients and the majority of our patients who are fighting with the disease of obesity and obesity as a disease is I think the hurdle for health care going into the 21st century.
I'm no longer on high blood pressure medicine or being monitor for pre diabetes.
I just have a lot more energy.
I mean I've lost 60 pounds.
I have another 40 that I want to lose before I hit goal and I just feel like a complete like a completely different person.
It's super rewarding to be able to do something in surgery where we literally change people's lives. And then seeing how Angela
how well she did with it and how much better she was in every way was my inspiration to say I want that.
People often ask if I regret having my surgery I tell them no it's the best decision that I've ever made in my life.
I wish I actually had done it sooner and I felt all the confidence in the world with Dr. Hallowell and his staff and him everyone in that clinic over there are just so great.
There's a spark, there's happiness there's a contentment.
I'm still working to like lose the last 40 pounds.
I'm getting married in October so I have a wedding dress to fit into.
So that's really is my motivation.
UVA Health has been a leader in weight-loss surgery for more than two decades. Our program includes:
- Education and evaluation
- Board-certified surgeons
- Board-certified obesity medicine doctors
- Doctors specially trained in metabolic disorders
- Dietitians
- Certified registered nurses
- Behavioral health specialists
Our program also:
- Has performed more than 3,000 successful surgeries
- Takes patients with a BMI of 35 and higher, with special expertise treating patients with a BMI of 60 or higher
- Holds designation as a comprehensive center by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
- Is a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center
Get Nutrition Support
With coaching, classes, and education, we help you set healthy eating priorities. You'll learn how to create and follow a realistic plan.
How we can help you with a healthy eating strategy? Check in with our nutrition specialists, who can help you with:
Get Help With Exercise
At UVA Health, we have experts who can help you build a safe and effective exercise plan. We can help you meet your weight-loss and fitness goals.
Find Emotional Support
Weight-loss surgery can be life-changing. It involves a lot of change, which can be stressful and bring up different emotions. We can connect you with mental health providers at UVA Health and other resources to help you cope before and after surgery.