Parham Doctors' Hospital performs 4,000th bariatric weight loss procedure
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The team at Parham Doctors' Hospital recently conducted its 4,000th bariatric procedure for weight loss since launching its weight loss program in 2014. The HCA Virginia facility completed 515 such surgeries in 2022.
More than 40 percent of Virginians suffer from obesity, and approximately 200,000 people have weight loss surgery in the United States each year. Parham Doctors’ Hospital offers several types of bariatric procedures that focus on making modifications to the digestive system with the goal of significant weight loss. HCA Virginia bariatric surgeons perform the following weight loss procedures: adjustable gastric band, duodenal switch, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, gastric bypass, intragastric balloon (gastric balloon), single anastomosis duodeno-ileostomy with sleeve gastrectomy, and vertical sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve).
Parham Doctors’ Hospital was named a Top 52 Hospital for Bariatric Surgery by Healthgrades in 2022. It is also a nationally accredited program by Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. According to market share data from the Virginia Department of Health, HCA Virginia performs 45.2 percent of the Richmond market’s total bariatric surgeries.
