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Referring Physician Information
Dear Doctor,
If you wish to refer one of your patients to our program, have your patient either:
Visit this Web site and review our various programs, download our easy one-page application and either fax or mail it in.
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Have your patient call us at: 617 636-9902. We’ll answer any questions they may have and send out an application.
If you’d like to speak to one of our surgeons directly, please call our surgeons’ office at 617-636-6484.
We thank you for your referrals. Our program at the Weight and Wellness Center at Tufts Medical Center is unique among many worldwide and has achieved stunning results having treated several thousand patients.
We offer comprehensive weight loss programs encompassing both medically-supervised weight loss programs and surgical programs. We carefully evaluate each individual's needs and find the best treatment options for them.
Our staff employs specialists in obesity treatment including psychologists, internists, registered dietitians, physician's assistant and our surgeons who do gastric bypass surgery and adjustable laparoscopic banding in appropriate patients.
Your patient will first be welcomed by a member of our Behavior Health team for an initial screening. Following that, there will be additional meetings with one of our internists, exercise physiologists and nutritionists. There are skill-building groups to complete and lectures to attend. Finally, your patient will meet individually with the surgeon.
The full clinical team then meets to finalize their evaluation and set a surgical date.
Following surgery, we offer comprehensive support programs to all our patients.
If a non-surgical, physician supervised weight loss program is preferred, we offer programs to meet those needs as well.
We hope to sustain a lifelong relationship with you and your patient.
Thank you for the confidence you have in us to send us your referrals and please don't hesitate to contact any of us should you have any questions. We would be happy to evaluate and treat any of your obese patients.
On behalf of the staff,
Isaac Greenberg, Ph.D.
Director, Behavioral Health Program
Weight and Wellness Center
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