Silver Cross Hospital’s weight loss surgery program achieves national accreditation

NEW LENOX – Silver Cross Hospital's bariatric surgery program has received national accreditation as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
 
This accreditation provides patients, who are seeking surgical treatment for severe obesity and its related conditions, with a high-quality choice for receiving treatment at a nationally accredited program that meets the highest standards for patient safety and quality of care in the greater South Cook and Will Counties.

Over the last 12 years, Silver Cross Hospital and BMI Surgery have changed the lives of over 4,000 patients with life changing surgeries including laparoscopic gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and Lap-Band and REALIZE gastric band systems at Silver Cross Hospital.

The office of board certified laparoscopic and bariatric surgeons Dr. Brian Lahmann and Dr. Christopher Joyce is located on the Silver Cross Hospital campus at I-355 and Route 6 in New Lenox.

For more information, visit www.bmisurgery.org or call 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).