VIDEO: Local Surgeons Explain Why You Might Be a Candidate for Weight Loss Surgery

More advanced than ever, weight loss surgery has emerged as one of the most effective tools to combat obesity and other weight-related medical conditions. To find how who’s a candidate for weight loss surgery, how the surgery works and its latest advancements, Emmy-winning journalist and former NBC 10 investigative reporter Lu Ann Cahn sat down with bariatric surgeons Fernando B. Bonanni Jr., MD and David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS. The complete web chat will be available on Jefferson.edu/BariatricChat after February 8th, but in the mean time, we’ve compiled the interview highlights below: 

Still have questions? Dr. Bonanni and Dr. Tichansky are continuing to answer your weight loss surgery questions for the final post of Jefferson Health’s four-part series. Submit your questions here!