The decision to pursue bariatric surgery is about more than shedding pounds—it’s about reclaiming your health, confidence, and vitality. Lasting weight loss can reduce your risk of chronic illness, enhance your ability to enjoy everyday activities, and empower you to live more fully—from riding a bike to playing on the floor with your children. At the Mount Sinai Morningside Bariatric Surgery Program, we recognize that obesity is a complex medical condition that requires expert, compassionate care. Our multidisciplinary team is highly experienced in the most advanced surgical techniques, ensuring the best possible outcomes for each patient. But surgery is just one part of a broader journey. That’s why we offer a Comprehensive Weight Management Program—an individualized, evidence-based approach designed to support long-term weight loss and better health.

Bariatric Surgery Treatments We Provide

Our entire approach to treatment is built around you and your family. Starting with your very first visit, our team—which includes surgeons, bariatric nurse practitioners, bariatric nutritionists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and support group leaders—takes the time to listen to your goals, explain your treatment options, and design a customized care plan for your individual needs.

With five bariatric surgeons, Mount Sinai Morningside performs one of the highest volumes of weight loss surgeries in New York City, giving our specialists extensive experience handling routine to complex cases with excellent outcomes and low complication rates. 

We are skilled in providing a number of laparoscopic procedures (performed using small incisions), including the following:

• Gastric bypass surgery: In this procedure, a small pouch is created at the top of the stomach, which will be the only portion of the stomach that can receive food, thus limiting the amount that can be eaten. The small intestine is cut and attached to the pouch so that it can directly receive nutrients.

• Sleeve gastrectomy: This technique involves removing part of the stomach and forming the remaining stomach into a narrow, elongated pouch. This also shrinks the usable part of the stomach and the amount that can be eaten.

• Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: This procedure involves removing part of the stomach and forming the remaining stomach into an elongated pouch (as with the sleeve gastrectomy), with the additional step of bypassing a portion of the small intestine.

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: With a “lap band” procedure, an inflatable band is fitted around the upper portion of the stomach. A port is also placed in the abdomen and connected to the band so that fluid can be injected and removed, which adjusts the size of the band, therefore decreasing or increasing the part of the stomach that can receive food.

Patient Education and Support

Our program is committed to making sure each patient feels fully informed and warmly supported both before and after surgery. Our preop class meets weekly to provide patients with instructions and other valuable information needed to be ready for surgery. We also have preop support groups that give our patients a forum for discussing issues and receiving encouragement.

Once surgery is completed, we offer multiple postop support group meetings each month, conducted in both English and Spanish, as well as weekly sessions with a wellness coach who leads a fitness class.

In addition, each month we provide patients with Food and Fitness groups, which are free, medically supervised classes covering topics such as healthy weight loss, realistic goal setting, self-motivation, and individualized exercise routines. 

Why Choose Mount Sinai Morningside

At Mount Sinai Morningside, we understand that surgery is only part of an overall plan to choose a new and healthier lifestyle. Our patients enjoy a range of benefits from weight loss surgery, including a reduced need for medications and a lower risk for health problems associated with being overweight, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

From your first appointment in our office through your postsurgical follow-up care, Mount Sinai Morningside is committed to providing you with the highest quality surgery services—as well as the warm and supportive environment you deserve—to help you achieve your healthy lifestyle goals.