The Bariatric Weight Loss Center

Northeast Georgia Medical Center's Bariatric Weight Loss Center offers a full range of weight loss services, both surgical and non-surgical.

Surgical Weight Loss Services

The Bariatric Weight Loss Center offers education and support services to patients undergoing gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy or banding surgery for morbid obesity. Our staff guides patients through the application, pre-operative, surgical and post-operative processes and provides medical history and testing evaluations, nutritional counseling and post-operative care and support services.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center has a dedicated Bariatrics nursing unit in the North Patient Tower on the Main Campus, located at 743 Spring Street in Gainesville.  This specially-designed unit has rooms equipped with beds, toilets, shower chairs, blood pressure cuffs, scales and transfer devices uniquely made to accommodate bariatric patients.  In addition, staff members involved in bariatric surgery and post-operative patient care have undergone specialized training to ensure the highest quality of care for patients during their hospital stay.

Non-Surgical  Weight Loss Services

Living Lighter

Live Lighter this year with the help of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Living Lighter program. A program of NGMC’s Bariatric Weight Loss Center,  Living Lighter is a non-surgical weight loss and healthy eating program that consists of: 

Eight Weeks of Healthy Eating and Weight Loss Classes:
    • Facilitated by a Registered Dietitian (RD)
    • Classes will be ongoing and participants can begin at any time
    • Weekly information and support sessions
    • Individualized goals

The Goals of the Program:
    • To impart factual/scientifically sound information about weight management
    • To improve overall wellness by eating healthfully
    • To help individuals learn and master new lifestyle skills that result in permanent change
    • To enhance motivation for continued long-term success

After completion of the eight classes, participants can continue periodic weigh-ins in the Bariatric Department (Ste. 260) for an additional 6 months to support long-term success.

The cost of the program is $30 per class.  Classes will be held weekly at the Lanier Park Campus.

To register or for more information call 770-219-0597.