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Hospital Angeles Tijuana offers a wide range of weight loss treatment options through our Institute for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Weight Loss Surgery Program. Every weight loss surgical procedure at Hospital Angeles Tijuana is a team endeavor led by internationally renowned gastroenterologist surgeon Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala.
Dr. Lopez-Corvala and his highly credentialed support team have worked together as a professional family for many years, bringing a unique depth of experience, sensitivity and dedication to the treatment of every patient. Together they have helped thousands of Americans reclaim healthy lives through weight loss surgery.
Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala (Gastroenterologist Surgeon) is one of the top ten weight-loss surgeons in the world. Widely regarded by the North American medical community as a top expert in laparoscopic surgery technique, he has performed more than 5,000 laparoscopic procedures, including more than 3,000 weight loss surgeries. As an early pioneer of LAP-BAND® surgery, Dr. Lopez Corvala has performed the procedure in more than one hundred US hospitals, including the first ever LAP-BAND® procedures performed at the Schools of Medicine for University of Southern California and UCLA. As a surgical proctor for the gastric band procedure he has trained hundreds of U.S., European and Latin American doctors in weight loss surgical procedure.
Dr. Lopez-Corvala is an International Professor of Bariatric Sugary and has published numerous articles on weight loss surgery in peer reviewed medical journals.
For all his training and experience, Dr. Lopez Corvala maintains a patient-centered approach to his work, saying, “my job is the surgery, but my calling is the patient.” For this understanding, dedicated man, surgery itself is not the goal, but a tool to reach the goal: “Our goal is to work with the patient as a person, to understand them, and help them have real success.” More…
Dr. Carmen Calleja (Physician-Nutritionist) has worked with more than 3,000 American weight loss patients as the Physician Nutritionist on the Hospital Angeles Tijuana obesity surgery team. She exemplifies the family-style commitment the Angeles Health weight loss surgery program offers each patient. With patience and understanding, Dr. Calleja is dedicated to serving the unique needs of weight loss surgery patients; she works with the rest of the weight loss surgery staff to help support the lifestyle changes patients require for success long after they have left the hospital. More…
Each person on the highly-trained, multidisciplinary weight loss surgery team — the anesthesiologist, cardiologist, psychologist, physician nutritionists, gastroenterologist surgeons, nurses, even the hospital director — has unparalleled expertise in their specific discipline, in addition to a wealth of experience serving weight loss surgery medical travel patients, making Hospital Angeles Tijuana the premier choice for weight loss surgery in North America.
The Weight Loss Surgery team at Hospital Angeles Tijuana handles a wide variety of obesity surgical procedures, including open and laparoscopic gastric sleeve, RNY gastric bypass, LAP-BAND® and Realize Band™, intragastric balloon, and duodenal switch. Revision surgery is also available.
If you are like the typical bariatric patient, you have extensively researched bariatric surgery and already have a preference for which procedure you think will be best for you. Your surgical team will work closely with you to determine the best procedure for your personal lifestyle and goals. Most Angeles Health obesity surgery patients have one of the following procedures:
The Gastric Sleeve procedure is a relatively new approach to bariatric surgery and is often, though not always, performed on morbidly obese or high risk patients with the intention of performing another surgery such as the gastric by-pass at a later time. This combined approach has dramatically decreased the risk of weight loss surgery for certain types of weight loss surgery patients, even when the risk of the two surgeries is added.Read more.
Gastric Band surgery is an adjustable surgical treatment for morbid obesity. It induces weight loss by reducing the capacity of the stomach, which restricts the amount of food that can be consumed and increases the time it takes for food to be digested. Read more
The Gastric Bypass RNY has long been considered by the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons and the National Institutes of Health to be the gold standard of weight loss surgery, and the single most successful procedure for excess weight loss and long-term weight control. The surgery has been performed by laparoscopic method since 1997, which results in smaller incisions, less pain and scarring, reduced blood loss, shorter hospital stay, and reduced risk of internal organ damage and infection when compared to the traditional open incision technique. Read more
The Intragastric Balloon as a treatment for obesity and morbid obesity has been in place in the early 1980s in Europe, India, Mexico and the United States. The balloon is placed endoscopically (via the mouth and esophagus), then inflated with saline or water and hermetically sealed, reducing the patient’s capacity to consume food and fluid and providing the patient with a sensation of satiety. The procedure is generally considered a short- to medium-term solution for high risk morbidly obese patients (BMI > 41) who need medical assistance reaching a weight level appropriate for more permanent weight loss surgery procedures (e.g. gastric sleeve, band or bypass). This procedure is also used for patients who have struggled long-term to cope with moderate weight loss challenges. Read more
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Because you’re ready to live a healthy life.
| LAP-BAND® | $6,500 |
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| Gastric Sleeve | $9,995 |
| Gastric Bypass | $10,950 |
| Intragastric Balloon | $4,000 |
See a step-by-step review of our medical travel process developed especially for American patients.
Listen to this US LAP-BAND® patient describe his experience with Hospital Angeles Tijuana—just hours after his surgery!
| LAP-BAND® | $6,500 |
|---|---|
| Gastric Sleeve | $9,995 |
| Gastric Bypass | $10,950 |
| Intragastric Balloon | $4,000 |
In the past 3 years, our weight loss surgery team has helped more than 3,000 Americans reclaim healthy lives.
