Medical & Surgical Weight Loss
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What is Medical & Surgical Weight Loss?
Medical & Surgical Weight Loss is a weight loss program run through St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, part of the Hartford HealthCare system. Weight loss is its only service area, and it has two tracks. The medical track is described as built on nutrition counseling, exercise counseling and pharmacotherapy, which means treatment with medication. No medications are named. The surgical track lists Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Adjustable Gastric Band, Orbera Intragastric Balloon, Revisional Surgery and endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE).
Ten clinicians are named. The surgeons are Danielle Friedman, MD, FACS; Sherard Chiu, MD; Nikhilesh R. Sekhar, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Nicholas Dugan, MD; and Alph Jo Emmanuel, MD. The medical clinicians are Khushbu Janani, DO; Shelly Chandler, APRN, DNP; Rosario Giacomini, DO; Kimberly Pearson, APRN; and Monaa Zafar, MD. The clinicians work from offices in Bridgeport, Wilton, Stamford, Shelton, Fairfield, Milford, Norwalk, Westport and Trumbull. The hospital says its bariatric surgery program is an approved Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program site through the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. In its own words, the program "takes a uniquely holistic approach to medical and surgical weight loss."
This listing is for its Bridgeport office at 2800 Main St.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices. There is no consultation fee, no monthly figure, and no statement on whether medication is included in any charge. It does not say whether insurance is accepted, and it does not describe a membership or cancellation policy. For questions about bills or financing hospital services, the hospital's financial aid line is 203.576.6257.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask which office and which clinician you would see, and who writes and signs the prescription. Ask whether the consultation has a fee and whether insurance is billed or the visit is cash pay only. If there is an ongoing charge, ask whether it covers the medication. Ask which medication the medical program uses and whether it is brand-name or compounded, since none is named. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether telehealth is offered, since that is not stated. Ask for office hours, which are not listed, and how to cancel or stop if there is a contract.
For surgery, ask for the total cost of the procedure you are considering, including which bills come from the hospital, the surgeon and anesthesia. The surgical team lists the phone number 203.926.8835.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want weight loss care inside a hospital system, with named clinicians and an accreditation you can look up, and you are willing to get the full cost in writing before you commit. It is a weaker fit if you need a published price before you call. Google shows a rating of 5 from one review, which is too few to read much into.
Sources: stvincents.org/services/surgical-weight-loss, stvincents.org/health-wellness/community-benefit-programs, stvincents.org/services
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What we confirmed
Read off Medical & Surgical Weight Loss’s own website on 2026-10-13. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “A new program built on nutrition counseling, exercise counseling and pharmacotherapy.” source