Growing up, Addison was always a little bigger than her peers. Still, she was a happy young girl, who enjoyed riding her bike, swimming and playing on a competitive softball team that won the World Series of the Midwest in 2012.
We provide a comprehensive management strategy for adolescents and teenagers who are obese. Each patient is managed by a multidisciplinary team that is experienced in the metabolic and psychological needs for patients and their families. The team includes:
Bariatric Surgeon
Endocrinologist
Physician Assistant
Psychologist
Registered Dietitian
Social Worker
Adolescent Bariatric Surgical Center
Adolescent Weight Loss Support, Pediatric Clinical Nutrition, Get Up & Go , Pediatric Healthy Weight and Healthy Weight Management, Center for Obesity and its Consequences in Health (COACH), Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Lipid Disorders Program, The Heart Center, Pediatric Diabetes Program, Nationally recognized program for hormone-related conditions
Childhood obesity
Pediatric laparoscopic surgery, Adolescent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (weight loss surgery)