If you are still overweight after trying diet, exercise, medication, and other attempts at weight loss, you may be an excellent candidate for weight loss surgery. Combined with lifestyle changes, surgery can help you lose weight, keep it off, and live a healthier life.
In addition to treating the disease of obesity, weight loss surgery also helps other conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart attack or cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, sleep apnea, and acid reflux. And, surgery lowers the risk of death from cancer, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and other diseases.
Weight loss surgery has many benefits, including:
- Expected weight loss of 50-85%, depending on the procedure
- Treatment for sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes
- Up to 10 years longer life expectancy
- Lower risk of cancer
The UAMS Medical and Surgical Weight Management Program offers:
A highly skilled surgical team
Our team of board-certified surgeons have specialized expertise in weight loss surgery.
Surgical Innovation
We utilize the latest advancements in technology, offering both robotic and minimally invasive approaches to bariatric surgery for enhanced precision and faster recovery.
A collaborative care team
We collaborate with obesity medicine doctors, nurses, dieticians, and psychologists to help you on your weight loss journey.
An individualized care plan
We create a personalized plan tailored to your unique health needs to ensure the best possible outcome for you.
Ongoing support
We are committed to supporting you throughout your entire pre- and post-operative journey, ensuring continuous success as you work toward your weight loss goals.
Conveniently Located
Medical and Surgical Weight Management Clinic
4110 Outpatient Circle
Outpatient Center
Second Floor, Outpatient Center South
Little Rock, AR 72205
- Appointment Phone Number
- 501-526-7877
New and Returning Patients
Specialty Clinic in Bryant (Part of UAMS Health in Bryant)
1901 Encore Way
UAMS Health in Bryant
Fourth Floor
Bryant, AR 72019
- Appointment Phone Number
- 501-252-6650
New and Returning Patients
Expertise Care
We are Here to Support Your Journey
We offer a support group comprised of patients in the pre and post operative stage of surgery along with UAMS team members. Meetings will be held on the 1st Wednesday, every other month via Teams. For more information or to register, please email us using the button below. Please note, this email is intended for administrative purposes only. Clinical questions should be address via Mychart or by contacting our office directly.
Register NowType of Surgeries
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Gastric sleeve surgery is a weight-loss surgery that helps individuals lose weight by restricting food intake.
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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB)
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass is a type of weight-loss surgery (bariatric surgery) that helps individuals lose weight by restricting food intake and reducing nutrient absorption.
View the ProcedureRobotic-Assisted Weight-Loss Surgery
The UAMS Medical and Surgical Weight Management Clinic uses the da Vinci surgical system, which provides your surgeon with an advanced set of tools for performing robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery.
Advantages of Robotic-assisted Weight Loss Surgery
With a highly magnified, 3-dimensional view of the surgical field, some potential benefits of robotic weight loss surgery are:
- A shorter hospital stay
- Reduced pain
- Minimal scarring
- Faster recovery
- Decreased risk of infection