On May 12th, our very own Julie Hedges won a before and after contest on TMZ.com! http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/12/tmzs-before-and-after-beauties-winner/ Julie had the gastric bypass procedure on May 9th, 2002 and has successfully lost 130 pounds! Happy Anniversary Julie! We are so proud!!!
INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup pineapple juice 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each) 2 tablespoons brown sugar 4 teaspoons chili powder 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine first three ingredients in Ziploc bag. Marinate in refrigerator for one hour, turning occasionally. Remove salmon from bag and discard marinade. Combine remainder of ingredients and rub over fish. Place fillets in baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until desired doneness. Serve with lemon slice garnish.
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS PER SERVING Calories: 225 Fat: 6 grams Protein: 34 grams Carbohydrate: 7 grams Cholesterol: 88 milligrams Sodium: 407 milligrams Sugar: 6 grams
I was 300 pounds the day of surgery, and I now have lost 170 pounds and kept it off for four years. Before, the surgery there was no way that I could spend a day at Six Flags with my two little girls all day long on my feet. Dr. Champion has a lot of patients, but when I called down here, it is always, “Oh! Hi Jimmy, how are you doing?” They know me and they are really friendly. They took good care of me. Dr. Champion really cares about his patients and he does not want you to fall through the cracks. I was impressed with the staff, how quickly they responded to questions. They were always available if I had any questions. The surgery was so easy. I was shocked at how quick my recovery was. I thought like the after care was phenomenal.
Welcome to our practice. I am Dr. Champion. The name of our practice is the Videoscopic Institute Of Atlanta. We are located in Marietta, Georgia. We have been in this location now for 12 years. We began doing laparoscopic bariatric surgery in 1995. We were one of the first people in the country to accomplish that. Since that time we have done over 2400 laparoscopic bariatric patients. I would go back and have the surgery every year for the rest of my life. It has changed my life that much.
I am Dr. Champion. I am a Board Certified General Surgeon. My practice is limited to bariatric surgery. I first began doing bariatric surgery in 1976 and in 1995 I was one of the first surgeon’s in the country to begin doing laparoscopic approaches for weight loss. We currently limit our practice to bariatric surgery. I first became interested in bariatric surgery when I was a surgical resident and was assigned the surgery as a research project. In practice here in Atlanta, we were doing a great deal of surgery for acid reflux for which the Roux-en-Y was originally done early in the century, so we gradually began doing gastric bypass for reflux. As that became more popular, word spread and patients began coming to me asking me to do that for weight reduction. We began that in 1995 and it has blossomed since then to the point that that’s all we do in our practice.
Hi, I am Gene Crews, I am a psychiatrist. I work with Dr. Champion to try to help the people who are coming in before surgery to be able to make the best choice they can about the surgery. Can they follow through and do as necessary after the surgery? Are they aware of what the surgery means or do they have emotional issues that may keep the surgery from working well, even when the surgeon has done a great job. So, I see my job as helping to look for problems ahead of time but also helping to educate folks as to areas that may be problems for them after surgery and to help to keep that from being a problem.
We think it is very important that patients always choose to have their bariatric surgery done at the Center of Excellence. I was involved early on in the setting of that program for patient safety. When a patient chooses a Center of Excellence, they can be assured that the hospital and surgeon’s office has been inspected and they have all of the tools necessary in order to give them the best outcome that they can expect from bariatric surgery.
Another unique aspect of our practice is that we do all of our procedures through a laparoscopic approach. We use six little quarter-inch incisions and TV cameras in order to accomplish the surgery rather than a large open incision. The advantage of that is it shortens recovery time. Many of the complications that occurred with bariatric surgery in the past were due to problems with a very large incision trying to heal, getting infections or poor healing, or getting hernias afterwards. So, our patients are pretty much back to normal activities in about a week and after three weeks there are no restrictions.
To qualify for surgery, patients need to meet the National Institute of Health guidelines for weight loss surgery. That means they need to be 100 pounds overweight or have a body index of 40 if they have no health issues. We will consider them between 35 and 39 body index if they have at least one serious health condition.
For patients that are considering weight loss surgery with our practice, what we require is for them to return the five-page information sheet that could be downloaded from our website or you can request it from the office. We then review that material and determine whether they would be an appropriate candidate. At that time then we can make an appointment if they desire in order to discuss the options for surgery.
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