Weight Loss

Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center

Expert, effective weight loss services for children and adults.

We offer the weight loss services you need to get the results you want. If losing weight was easy, far fewer people would struggle with obesity.

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is hard. That’s why there are weight loss professionals — like those at the Reading Hospital Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center and Tower Health Medical Group Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center Limerick — who specialize in helping people like you.

Watch the Weight Loss Seminar

Considering Bariatric Surgery?

Watch our weight loss seminar.

In this video, our bariatric surgeons explain how they determine if you’re a candidate for surgery and outline the risks and benefits of each procedure. You will also learn how to fill out a secure online form that allows you to request a bariatric surgery consultation.

Not Sure of the Best Approach for You?

If you or your child are ready to lose weight and want to learn more about your options, give us a call today: 484-628-5673.

Our program coordinator will set up a time to go over your medical history and weight loss goals. We will also discuss which services you are eligible for based on your medical history, personal preferences, and insurance coverage.

ASMBS Accreditation

Reading Hospital Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), in partnership with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Our program is one of only a handful of programs in the nation with triple accreditation as a Comprehensive Center with Adolescent and Obesity Medicine Qualifications. This accreditation acknowledges our commitment to providing and supporting quality improvement and patient safety efforts and demonstrates our provision of multidisciplinary, high-quality, patient-centered care.

Blue Distinction Award

Reading Hospital is a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery. Blue Distinction Centers provide a full range of bariatric surgery care; including surgical care, post-operative care, outpatient follow-up care and patient education. These Centers have lower complication rates and fewer readmissions.

Bariatric Surgery Volume and Outcomes - Reading Hospital

Surgery Dates: January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023

Surgical Volume:

Sleeve Gastrectomy - 749
Gastric Bypass - 139
Duodenal Switch/Single Anastomosis Duodenal Switch - 150

Surgical Outcomes (% of surgical patients with occurrence):

	Sleeve Gastrectomy	Gastric Bypass	DS/SIPS
Leak of intestine or stomach at stapled area	0%	0.7%	3.3%
Wound infection or problem	0.3%	2.2%	3.3%
Pulmonary embolus (blood clot in lungs)	0.1%	0%	0%
Bleeding (requiring transfusion within 72 hours of surgery)	0.1%	1.4%	0%
Related readmission	1.3%	10.1%	13.3%
Related reoperation (second operation)	0%	1.4%	2.7%
Death	0%	0%	0%

Reference:

American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. 30-Day Occurrences Report, Chicago: American College of Surgeons.

Surgical Weight Loss

With several minimally invasive weight loss surgery options available, you can pick the procedure that best suits your medical needs and personal goals.

Nonsurgical Weight Loss

Our medical weight loss program helps adults and children safely and successfully lose weight, achieve better health, and develop healthy habits that last.

Adolescent Weight Loss

At a higher risk for health problems, overweight children are also prone to low self-esteem and depression. If your child needs help losing weight, turn to our team for safe medical or surgical support.

Read our Transformative Medicine Article

In 2019, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for increased access to Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) for adolescents with severe obesity. This survey of adolescent weight loss centers in Pennsylvania shows that the Reading Hospital Weight Loss Surgery team performs the most MBS for adolescents in the state. Furthermore, this survey shows that there is still work to be done to improve access.