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Awards and Recognition
Our Surgical Weight Management Program has been awarded the American Society for Bariatric Surgery's (ASBS) "Center of Excellence" designation as well as the Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Center of Excellence award, meeting stringent criteria for overall program requirements. In addition, Cigna Healthcare has also designated CMC-NorthEast as a Certified Hospital for Bariatric Surgery .
Patient Outcomes In addition, this program has excellent outcomes, as demonstrated in the numbers below:
Total surgeries: 1,000+
Mortality Rate: 0%
Excess Weight Loss (Lap-Band): 47.9%
Excess Weight Loss (Roux-en-Y): 82%
1 year post-op resolution of diabetes: 96%
1 year post-op resolution of sleep apnea: 96%
1 year post-op resolution of hypertension: 82%
1 year post-op resolution of hyper cholesterol: 95.5%
Re-operation rate: 2.2%
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