Adventist Health Weight Management

About Adventist Health Weight Management

What is Adventist Health Weight Management?

Adventist Health Weight Management is a weight management and bariatric surgery clinic at 10000 SE Main Street, Suite 316, Portland, OR 97216. It sits inside the Adventist Health Portland Medical Pavilion, so it is a clinic within a hospital system rather than a standalone weight loss business. Surgery is the core of the practice, and medication management is one of the services it lists alongside it. The hospital is recognized as an American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Partner.

Three clinicians are named: Ryland Stucke, MD, and John Yonge, MD, both listed under General Surgery, and Jill Weaver Welshans, ACNP, listed under Internal Medicine. The surgeries it names are gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and duodenal switch. It offers medical weight loss medication management but does not name the medications it uses. Virtual visits and online classes are part of its program. The office is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it is closed on weekends. Google reviewers rate it 4.9 from 37 reviews.

In its own words: "We work with you to decide what type of weight-loss surgery or medical weight loss medication is right for your individual needs."

This listing is for its Marysville office at 726 4th St.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices, a consultation fee, or membership terms. It says it offers assistance with insurance eligibility, but it does not say whether it accepts insurance, and it does not say whether medication is included in any fee. Ask for every figure in writing before you book. The main number is 503-256-1575, and the weight loss program line is 503-261-6010.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which of the three clinicians writes medication prescriptions and who handles your follow-up visits. Ask whether the medications are brand-name or compounded, and which ones the clinic uses. If there is a monthly fee, ask whether it includes the medication, and what lab work and follow-up visits cost on top of it. Ask whether the clinic accepts your insurance, and what "assistance with insurance eligibility" covers in practice. For surgery, ask whether you need a referral from your primary care provider, since the hospital's surgery pages say appointments usually require one. Finally, ask how you cancel a program and whether any fees apply.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you are weighing weight-loss surgery or medication under a hospital-based surgical team and want the option of virtual visits. It may not suit you if you need a published price before you call, because none is given.

Sources: adventisthealth.org:443/portland/locations/adventist-health-weight-management-4818, adventisthealth.org:443/portland/services/bariatric-and-weight-loss-care

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Hours

Closed: Opens Monday at 8 a.m.

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