Mercy Bariatric Center - Jefferson
Festus, MO 63028
Main Entrance: Clinic Entrance
Phone: (636) 933-8135
Fax: (636) 933-8200
By appointment only. Please call to schedule.
At Mercy Bariatric Center in Festus, MO bariatrics means an entire team of leading experts are ready to help you meet your weight loss and overall health goals. We provide a variety of bariatric surgery procedures including gastric sleeve, gastric banding and gastric bypass. In addition to your primary care physician, we call on our psychologists, dietitians, physical therapists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, and surgeons to help you meet your short and long-term goals.
What is Bariatric Surgery?
Bariatrics is simply the field of medicine focused on obesity, its causes, prevention and treatments. Bariatric surgery is divided into two different approaches to helping treat obesity: restrictive, where the stomach's size and capacity are reduced, and malabsorption, where the stomachs ability to absorb calories and nutrients is reduced.
At Mercy Bariatrics our team of leading experts is ready to help you meet your weight loss and health goals. We provide a variety of bariatric procedures including gastric sleeve, gastric banding and gastric bypass. In addition to your primary care physician, we call on our psychologists, dietitians, physical therapists, cardiologists, pulmonologists and surgeons to ensure your success. Bariatric surgery is just one part of your lifelong commitment to better health-but we're here to help.
Mercy is proud to be an MBSAQIP Accredited Comprehensive Center for metabolic & bariatric surgery. We believe in continuous quality improvement to provide our patients and communities with the best care.
Speak with a member of our bariatric care team about the risks, benefits and commitments that are a part of reaching and maintaining your weight loss goals through bariatric surgery.
Am I Eligible for Bariatric Surgery?
Patients with a body mass index of 30 or above may be candidates for weight loss surgery.
Get started, learn about additional requirements, types of surgery at Mercy and connect with us.
If you're not eligible for bariatric surgery learn more about Mercy's non-surgical options.
Bariatric Center of Excellence
Mercy Hospital Jefferson has received Center of Excellence designations from the following payors: Aetna, BCBS Blue Distinction, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare.