Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's bariatric surgery department will conduct a trio of free weight loss patient information seminars during the coming weeks.
Titled "Taking Control of Your Weight and Your Life," the hourlong seminars are designed to make it easier and more convenient for the public to get the facts about weight loss options.
The seminars will be held:
•Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 621 10th St., Niagara Falls.
•Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Hampton Inn, 6082 S. Transit Road, Lockport.
•Wednesday, May 2, at noon in the Memorial Medical Center Auditorium.
Chief of Surgery Venkat Kolli, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Vikram Vattipally, M.D., M.R.C.S., F.A.C.S., perform bariatric surgery at Memorial as part of a comprehensive metabolic and bariatric program that includes nutrition and exercise programming, individual counseling and pre- and post-operative support groups.
They will be joined this summer by Gurteshwar Rana, M.D., who is completing a yearlong fellowship in advanced gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
For information about Memorial's program, call 716-278-4400 or visit
www.NFMMC.org.
