Roger Williams Medical Center
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What is Roger Williams Medical Center?
Roger Williams Medical Center is a hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, part of CharterCARE Health Partners. Its weight loss program is mainly a bariatric surgery program, offering four operations: sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, duodenal switch and SADI. It also runs a non-surgical medical weight loss program alongside the surgical one. The program says it has "a 24-year track record and more than 5,000 successful weight loss surgeries," and it has been an MBSAQIP accredited center since 2005.
Dieter Pohl, FACS, MD, directs the program. Aaron B. Bloomenthal, FACS, MD, Daniel Christian, FACS, MD, and Alicia Alterio, FACS, MD, are also surgeons on the team. For the non-surgical side, Holli Brousseau, ACAGNP, a nurse practitioner with a specialization in adult geriatric acute care, provides medical weight loss supervision. Meghan Carides, NP, and Grace Martel, PA, also provide medical weight loss care. Diana Beaton, RD, CDCES, runs the monthly support group.
Google lists the program at 4.5 from 53 reviews, under the category bariatric surgeon. The program has offices in Smithfield, Warwick, Johnston and Bristol. The phone number is 401-521-6310.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for medical weight loss or for surgery. It does not state a consultation fee, whether insurance is accepted, or whether a monthly fee would include medication. It also does not name any medication used in the non-surgical program, so you will need to ask about cost and drugs directly.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who writes your prescription and what a monthly fee covers. Ask whether any medication is brand-name or compounded, and which medications the non-surgical program uses. The program does not say which office its non-surgical prescribers work from, so ask which location you would be seen at.
Ask what the consultation costs, what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether telehealth is available. Ask whether insurance is accepted, what the office hours are, and how cancellation works. These answers decide whether the program fits your budget, so get them in writing before you commit.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want medical weight loss supervision inside a hospital system, with surgery still available as an option under the same program. It is a weaker fit if you need prices, a named medication list or telehealth before you call. Ask those questions first.
Sources: chartercare.org/locations/rwmc, chartercare.org/services/weight-loss-surgery/our-team, chartercare.org/services/weight-loss-surgery/contact-us, chartercare.org/services/weight-loss-surgery
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What we confirmed
Read off Roger Williams Medical Center’s own website on 2026-10-13. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “provides medical weight loss supervision in our comprehensive, non-surgical weight loss program” source