USMD Hospital at Arlington Bariatrics Program Receives Recognition as Center of Excellence
16 Abril 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
USMD Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMD), a physician-led integrated
healthcare system, announced today that the bariatrics program at
USMD Hospital at Arlington has received official recognition as a
Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement
Program. This means that USMD has successfully demonstrated that
its bariatrics program meets the needs of its patients by providing
multidisciplinary, high-quality and patient-centered care. USMD
Hospital at Arlington is the only Bariatrics Center of Excellence
in Arlington and one of just four Centers in Tarrant County.
The USMD Hospital at Arlington Bariatrics Center of Excellence
has three highly experienced surgeons, David Dyslin, M.D., Augustus
Lyons, M.D., and Jeremy Parcells, M.D., and offers three minimally
invasive surgeries for patients. The first is gastric bypass, which
is considered the gold standard of bariatric procedures. Gastric
bypass restricts food consumption and permanently alters the
digestive process. During a gastric bypass, the surgeon creates a
smaller stomach to limit eating and identifies a portion of the
small intestine to be bypassed during digestion. Once that section
of the small intestine is removed, the intestine is reconnected to
the stomach.
USMD Hospital at Arlington also offers sleeve gastrectomy, a
procedure in which up to 85 percent of the stomach is removed and
the remaining stomach is reconfigured into a small sleeve shape. In
addition, for patients that are good candidates, USMD Hospital at
Arlington performs bariatrics conversions from a gastric band to a
gastric bypass or a sleeve gastrectomy.
In addition to offering three surgical options, the USMD
Hospital at Arlington Bariatrics Center of Excellence partners with
patients through every step of their weight-loss journey. Prior to
surgery, patients meet with the bariatrics program director, who
helps them understand their treatment options and the resources
available to them at USMD Hospital at Arlington. Patients also
receive personal support before and after their surgery from their
physician, a team of nurses and a nutritionist. To help patients
even further, USMD Hospital at Arlington hosts monthly bariatric
program support groups to connect patients with other patients who
are going through similar weight-loss journeys.
“It is a significant achievement for the Bariatrics Program at
USMD Hospital at Arlington to receive official recognition as a
Center of Excellence. This is the result of a tremendous amount of
work and effort put forth by the team at USMD Hospital at
Arlington,” said John House, M.D., chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of USMD Holdings. “At USMD, we realize that
surgery is just a small part of our patients’ road to weight loss.
The support that patients receive at USMD before and after their
procedure is just as vital as the surgery itself. At USMD, we make
sure patients get support every step of the way.”
“The entire bariatrics team at USMD Hospital at Arlington works
with each patient at their pace to help them reach and maintain a
healthy weight — from the patient’s first appointment through their
entire weight-loss journey,” said Karen Fiducia, president, USMD
Hospital Management Services. “Thank you to everyone working at
USMD Hospital at Arlington for helping elevate our bariatrics
program to an official Center of Excellence.”
To learn more about the USMD Hospital at Arlington Bariatrics
Center of Excellence, please visit www.USMDBariatrics.com.
About USMD Holdings, Inc.
USMD is a publicly held (NASDAQ: USMD), physician-led,
integrated health system committed to exemplary patient care.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, USMD serves the Dallas-Fort Worth
metropolitan area with more than 250 physicians and associate
practitioners, and provides healthcare services to patients in just
under 20 different specialties at its two hospitals, six cancer
treatment centers and nearly 70 physician clinics, many of which
are multi-specialty. All 29 of USMD’s primary care clinics have
been accredited by the Patient-Centered Medical Home Program, a
recognition program that is part of the National Committee for
Quality Assurance. This recognition means that USMD’s primary care
clinics successfully display and utilize evidence-based,
patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated patient
care and long-term patient relationships. For more information
about USMD, visit www.usmd.com.
About USMD Hospital at Arlington
USMD Hospital at Arlington is a physician-owned hospital where
clinical and surgical excellence are the everyday standards. With
nine oversized state-of-the-art operating rooms and two procedural
rooms, USMD Hospital at Arlington is equipped for a wide variety of
cases. The extensive surgical experience and expertise with four da
Vinci Systems has made USMD Hospital at Arlington a leader in the
DFW Metroplex, and one of the top ten robotic surgery programs in
the world. If an overnight stay is required, the hospital offers 34
private inpatient suites complete with WiFi, a small refrigerator,
TV and an additional bed for an attending family visitor. What
further differentiates this hospital from its competitors is its
1:5 nurse to patient ratio versus the national average of 1:8.
USMD Holdings, Inc.Megan Vincent,
214-493-4024Megan.Vincent@usmd.com
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