 Our mission at Weight Loss Surgery Center of Hampton Roads, P.C. (WLSC) is to provide caring and effective surgical weight loss solutions that enhance lives.
We want you to be successful. We work as a multidisciplinary team with your personal physicians/specialists and other team members such as dietary, psychological, and fitness professionals in order to help assist you in meeting your personal health goals. We have established a comprehensive program at WLSC that generally meets and usually exceeds the expectations of our patients. Some of the program content designed to ensure success and developed as a result of patient feedback includes: - “Can Do” Nutrition for Weight Loss (basics of eating healthy for life including reading food labels, spacing meals and proper food selection)
- Monthly Newsletter
- On-Line Support
- Fitness evaluation with personal trainer (3 visits 1-before surgery, 2-after surgery)
- Comprehensive 3-1/2 hour educational class to prepare for surgery and post-operative period
- Comprehensive WLSC Handbook (>100 pages) to guide you through this life changing event)
- Completion of any personal medical forms for insurance or medical leave
- Coordinated surgical care throughout hospital stay
- Pre-operative REEVUE metabolic testing and consultation with Registered Dietician for individualized weight loss plan
- 2 scheduled follow-up dietary consultations and availability of unlimited visits throughout the first year after surgery
- 2 follow-up REEVUE metabolic testing sessions during the first year (track how weight loss has affected your individual metabolic needs)
- Dietary tracking software
- Baseline body composition analysis and follow-up analysis at each visit with the dietician (make sure you’re losing fat, not muscle)
- Subscriptions to surgical weight loss publications
- Discounts at area Health & Fitness Centers
- Discounts on purchase of exercise equipment at area stores
- And more…
We welcome feedback from our patients as our program evolves so we may continue to meet their changing needs. As you can see, for patients who have had surgery, ours is a long term relationship filled with support, education, guidance, and celebration as your health improves. We realize that the needs of each person are different. We consider it an honor to have the opportunity to care for you.
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