Treatment at Mayo Clinic

Arizona

Medically supervised interventions available at Mayo Clinic in Arizona comprise nutrition therapy, behavior modification, pharmacotherapy, and weight-loss surgery and procedures. For out-of-state patients, we offer efficient, condensed scheduling, and will work with providers in your area to meet your needs.

Bariatric program informational seminars

Mayo Clinic conducts regular informational seminars for people interested in learning more about the medical and surgical options available through the Mayo Clinic Bariatric Program. The interactive seminars, conducted by doctors and other members of the bariatric treatment team, include:

• A description of Mayo Clinic's multidisciplinary program
• Answers to questions about care and precertification
• Details about the registration process

Seminars are free of charge and open to anyone considering bariatric surgery. Feel free to bring family and friends.

Treatment team

A team of specialists works together to develop weight-loss treatment plans tailored to your needs. Your team can include experts in endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, community internal medicine, psychiatry and psychology, dietetics, and other specialists, as needed.

Florida

Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida has a dedicated Bariatric Center to help people struggling with obesity gain control of their weight.

Treatment team

A team of specialists works together to develop weight-loss treatment plans tailored to each person's needs. Your team can include specialists from endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, psychiatry and psychology, community internal medicine, dietetics, and other specialties, as needed.

Minnesota

Mayo Clinic surgeons in Rochester, Minnesota, perform over 300 weight-loss surgeries each year. Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota is accredited as a comprehensive bariatric surgery center by the American College of Surgeons. Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota has also met Medicare's facility standards for bariatric surgery.

Treatment team

The Mayo Clinic bariatric care team in Rochester, Minnesota, consists of experts from endocrinology, gastroenterology, dietetics, psychiatry and psychology, gastroenterologic and general surgery, and other specialists, as needed.

Information sessions

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, holds a monthly weight-loss surgery information session. The sessions are conducted by an endocrinologist, dietitian, psychologist, surgeon, and a bariatric surgery coordinator. There is no charge for the sessions and they are open to anyone who has questions about bariatric surgery.

Cost estimates

For questions about the cost of an intragastric balloon, call Mayo Clinic's Estimating Service at 507-284-4024.

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