Patient Experience Post-Operative Care

Support Group Meeting

POST-WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY PATIENTS

Please call 212.305.0118 if you plan to attend.

Directions to the Pines Conference Room:
Enter the Milstein Building at the main entrance. Stop at the desk to let the guards know that you are attending a meeting. Walk straight back on the first floor and make a left at the end of the wall. Walk straight ahead into the Clark Conference Center but make an immediate left, followed by a quick right. The meeting room will be right in front of you.

Other Support Group Meetings

1. Lawrence Hospital
   

   A support group for pre and post operative patients meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:00PM. Please call the Center for the location of the meeting.

   Lawrence Hospital is located at 55 Palmer Avenue in Bronxville. You can call 914.787.1000 for directions. The telephone number of The Center for Obesity Surgery at Lawrence Hospital is 914.787.4000.

2. Long Island Bariatric Center

   Dory Ferraro, NP, runs a support group for our weight loss surgery patients in her Long Island office at 650 Wantagh Ave., Levittown. It's held the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00PM. Please call 516.579.0094 if you plan to attend.

3. Valley Hospital
   

   A support group for pre and post operative patients meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month from 6PM to 8PM at the Kraft Center, 15 Essex Road, Paramus, NJ. Contact Gio Dugay, NP at 201.670.5624 for further information.

4. Weill Cornell Medical Center
   

   Support groups for pre and post operative patients meet from 6:15PM to 8PM in the Whitney Pavilion-Room 117 (Enter at E68th Street and make a quick left).

   • Gastric Bypass and LAP-BAND^®—1ST Wednesday of every month
   • Duodenal Switch—3rd Wednesday of every month

   Visit www.CornellWeightLossSurgery.org for support group topics.