Planning & Preparing
Considering an appointment
- Am I A Candidate For Weight Loss Surgery? Our interactive tool helps you figure out your ideal weight and how much you could expect to lose from each of our procedures.
- Weight Loss Surgery FAQs: Your questions answered by our experts.
- Weight Loss Surgery Risks and Benefits: Make an informed choice on whether surgery is right for you.
Making an appointment
- Call (212) 305-4000 or use our online appointment request form
What to Expect
- Your Surgery: From Planning to Post Operative Care: A guide to what to expect at every step of the process.
- Hospital Services and Amenities: From social services to nearby restaurants and parking, a guide to our hospital's offerings.
Forms for first visit
- New Patient Form (English | Spanish)
- New Patient Form for Medicare Patients
- New Patient Homework (English | Spanish)
- Pre-Surgery Diet - Liquid Diet (English | Spanish)
- Pre-Surgery Diet - Renal Patients
- Pre-Surgery Diet - Renal Patients on Dialysis
Discharge Instructions
- Adjustable Gastric Band Surgery Discharge Instructions (English | Spanish)
- Discharge Instructions for Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Surgeries
- Gastric Bypass, Banded Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Discharge Instructions (English | Spanish)
Nutrition
- AspireAssist® Dietary Information
- Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (Endoscopic Gastric Plication) Dietary Information Stages 1-2
- Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (Endoscopic Gastric Plication) Transition Diet Stages 3-4
- Forms of Calcium Citrate for Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Patients
- Forms of Calcium Citrate for Gastric Bypass Patients
- Post Balloon Procedure Dietary Information
- Post Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Surgery Dietary Information Stages 1-6
- Post Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Surgery Transition Diet - Stages 7-8
- Post Stomach and Esophagus Surgery Dietary Information
- Post‐Suturing Dietary Information Stages 1-4
- Post‐Suturing Dietary Information Stages 5-6
- Post Weight Loss Surgery Dietary Information Stages 7-8 (English | Spanish)
- Schedule of Supplements - Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass
- Schedule of Supplements - Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Surgery
- Schedule of Supplements - Gastric Bypass Surgery (English | Spanish)
- Schedule of Supplements - Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (English | Spanish)
- Supplement Guidelines - Adjustable Gastric Band (English | Spanish)
- Supplement Guidelines - Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Surgeries
- Supplement Guidelines - Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
- Supplement Guidelines - Gastric Bypass (English | Spanish)
- Supplement Guidelines - Sleeve Gastrectomy (English | Spanish)
- Weight Loss Surgery Dietary Information Stages 1-6 (English | Spanish)
Reminders
- Reminders After Duodenal Switch and Distal Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Reminders After Weight Loss Surgery Surgery (English | Spanish)
Stories & Perspectives
- In Their Own Words: Patients Describe Their Transformations
- Obesity Surgery Transforms Lives: A Patient Experience
- Lisa Goetze Gets Going with Gastric Bypass Surgery
More Resources
- American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
http://www.asmbs.org - Bariatric Surgery Source
http://www.bariatric-surgery-source.com - Cooking Light
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/ - ObesityHelp.com
http://www.obesityhelp.com - Obesity Law and Advocacy Center
http://www.obesitylaw.com - Bariatric Support Centers International
http://www.bsciresourcecenter.com - Bariatric Pal
http://www.bariatricpal.com - National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists
http://www.nacbt.org - Academy for Eating Disorders
http://www.aedweb.org