Welcome
The Midwest Bariatric Center is committed to relieve suffering from
clinically severe obesity by providing unsurpassed multidisciplinary care through
scientific knowledge, medical technology, surgical expertise, as well as psychological and social
insights. We strive to improve health by achieving lasting
weight loss that reduces life-threatening risk factors, improves self-esteem and enhances
activities of daily living.
Our surgeons, Dr. Roger A. de la Torre and Dr. J. Stephen
Scott, were among the
first to ever perform a Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Divided Gastric Bypass.
Their unique method for performing this procedure has been adopted by many
bariatric surgeons nationwide. Furthermore, they were among the select few involved in the Food and Drug
Administration trials for the Adjustable Lap Band. Their
success along with the results of others led to the approval of this device
by the FDA.
More recently, Drs. de la Torre and Scott became among
the first surgeons in the Midwest to perform
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy and
Single Site (Single
Incision) Gastric Banding on select patients. They routinely
perform all of the aforementioned operations, as well as revisional
bariatric surgery, laparoscopically.
The laparoscopic approach is a minimally invasive way of performing surgery,
which leads to less pain, fewer wound complications and a quicker return to
normal activities.
Surgeons