Laparoscopic Surgery. Is Less Really More? From Fantasy to Fantastic.

In the last 15 years an exciting new field in surgery has gone from imaginary to routine for many procedures. Patients who were hospitalized for a week are now going home within a few hours. What is being learned with our experience is even more fascinating …that this field of ‘minimally invasive surgery’ actually makes a difference in healing!  Dr. Marcus discusses this breakthrough.

Surgical Procedures to Treat Obesity

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions with 2/3 of our population overweight or obese, and this number has been rising steadily.  This is problematic because obese people are more prone to developing medical conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and even some cancers.  Dr. Jeremy Korman, Director at the L.A. Bariatric Center discusses surgical methods to treat obesity.

Dr. Andris Gives You Advice Before Surgery

Here are more tips from our expert anesthesiologist to help you navigate the surgery experience.