With nearly two-thirds of the American population deemed obese, there is a greater need to promote improved health, and bariatric surgeons are seeing a greater number of people inquiring and desiring bariatric surgery as a tool to achieve weight loss. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery may do so at dedicated medical centers with the adequate resources to provide such care. Establishing and setting up a bariatric surgery program is a major undertaking that requires a substantial amount of effort, planning, and commitment from the surgeons. It requires the multidisciplinary work by a team of medical staff and physician providers. We discuss in depth the tools needed to start and maintain a bariatric surgery practice. This includes bariatric surgery credentialing requirements, inpatient and outpatient infrastructure needs, personnel needs, education, long-term care, follow-up planning, and the costs of developing a bariatric practice.
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Wu, A. S., & Herron, D. M. (2015). Developing a successful bariatric surgery program. In Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Second Edition (pp. 49–60). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1637-5_5
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