Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care at Melrose Park

About Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care at Melrose Park

What is Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care at Melrose Park?

It is a weight loss practice within Loyola Medicine, at 719 W North Ave in Melrose Park, IL 60160. It sits on the northwest end of the Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus, on North Avenue near Fifth Avenue, with a parking lot beside it. Its main business is weight loss, offered through surgery and through a medical weight loss program. It lists five services: Bariatric Surgery, Medical Weight Loss, Nutrition, Psychology and Weight Loss (Bariatrics). The surgical options it names include Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, gastric sleeve surgery, duodenal switch, laparoscopic and robotic approaches, revisional surgery and endoscopic procedures.

It names four clinicians and lists all four as accepting new patients. Diana Sandoval, APRN, and Christopher Biag, APRN, are listed as family nurse practitioners. Kevin Brown, MD, and Tyler Cohn, MD, are listed under general surgery. It does not say which of them leads the medical weight loss program.

In its own words: "Bariatric surgeons work alongside specially trained medical weight loss physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists and exercise physiologists to prepare you physically and mentally for your procedure."

It is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can call 888-584-7888. Its Google listing shows a 3.3 rating from 23 reviews.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices or a consultation fee. It does not say whether it accepts insurance, whether a monthly program fee covers medication, or whether it offers financing or membership terms. Any cost for a visit, a program or a procedure has to come from the clinic itself, at 888-584-7888.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which of the four clinicians leads the medical weight loss program, and who signs the prescription if you start one. Ask which medication would be used. It does not name one, so ask whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether a monthly fee includes the medication or bills it separately, and what the consultation, follow-up visits and lab work cost.

Ask whether your insurer covers the surgical procedures and the clinic itself. It notes that some endoscopic procedures are less likely to be covered by insurance companies. Ask whether any visits can be done by telehealth, since it does not describe telehealth visits. Last, ask how to cancel and whether you pay anything to stop partway through.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want in-person weight loss care with surgery available on a hospital campus, and you can attend weekday daytime visits. If you need the price before you book, it is worth calling to get that answer first.

Sources: loyolamedicine.org/location/loyola-center-metabolic-surgery-bariatric-care-melrose-park

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Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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