Patient Experience Post-Operative Care

Support Group Meeting

POST-WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY PATIENTS

Please call 212.305.0118 if you plan to attend.

Other Support Group Meetings

1. Lawrence Hospital
   

   A support group for pre and post operative patients meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:00PM. Please call the Center for the location of the meeting.

   Lawrence Hospital is located at 55 Palmer Avenue in Bronxville. You can call 914.787.1000 for directions. The telephone number of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery at Lawrence Hospital is 914.787.4000.

2. Long Island Bariatric Center

   Dory Ferraro, NP, runs a support group for our weight loss surgery patients in her Long Island office at 650 Wantagh Ave., Levittown. It's held the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00PM. Please call 516.579.0094 if you plan to attend.

3. Valley Hospital
   

   A support group for pre and post operative patients meets on the 1st Wednesday (Gastric Bypass only) or 3rd Thursday (Gastric Adjustable Band only) of the month from 6:00PM to 7:30PM at the Dorothy Kraft Center, 15 Essex Road (off Century Road), Paramus, NJ. Contact Gio Dugay, NP at 201.251.3480 for further information.

4. Weill Cornell Medical Center
   

   Support groups for pre and post operative patients meet from 6:15PM to 8PM in the Whitney Pavilion-Room 117 (Enter at E68th Street and make a quick left).

   • Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding—1ST Wednesday of every month
   • Duodenal Switch—3rd Wednesday of every month

   Visit www.CornellWeightLossSurgery.org for support group topics.