Northwest Weight Loss Surgery

read moreAt Northwest Weight & Wellness Center (NWWC), formally known as Northwest Weight Loss Surgery, we serve hundreds of people each year as they journey towards a healthier version of themselves. Our mission at NWWC is to be the preferred weight and wellness center, providing compassionate, quality, holistic patient-centered care that supports a life-changing journey and improves health and well-being. The opportunities to help people live healthy active lives have never been greater. That is why we offer comprehensive bariatric surgical and non-surgical medical weight loss programs.

read moreAs a Registered Dietitian, Christine's role is to be a resource that never judges her patients and instead positively encourages their journey toward a healthier lifestyle. She assesses patient nutrition, provides medical therapy, and offers nutrition counseling and education. As a Registered Dietitian, Nicole conducts nutrition assessments for patients, provides medical nutrition therapy, and offers nutrition counseling and education for patients on surgical and non-surgical weight loss journeys.

read moreObesity is a complex disease that involves both the body and mind. The process of losing weight and learning new ways to work with food can be challenging. That's why Northwest Weight & Wellness Center offers a support network to help keep you on track during your weight loss journey. We provide an on-site therapist who works exclusively with our patients, to help them discover whatever mental or emotional barriers are impeding their path to wellness. Your therapist is part of your medical team and will assist in the coordination of your personalized care.

read moreThe sleeve gastrectomy reduces your stomach to about the size and shape of a banana. The remaining stomach may hold between two and five ounces. Sleeve gastrectomy removes the portion of the stomach that produces the hunger hormone ghrelin. Following surgery, your hunger will be much less because the levels of this hormone are reduced. After the sleeve gastrectomy, many people show improvement in diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnea. The Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, also called the gastric bypass or bypass surgery, reduces the size of the stomach and repositions the small intestine to create metabolic changes that help you lose weight.