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Programs & Services

Bariatric Specialty Clinic

The Red Deer Bariatric Specialty Clinic provides services for patients in the Central Zone interested in bariatric surgery. Currently the clinic does not offer a medical stream for weight management.

Provides surgical interventions for weight management and health improvement. The initial clinic assessment determines patient's specific barriers to managing their weight. Next steps involve developing an individualized care plan with patients which may include:

  • behaviour modification
  • counselling for nutrition, physical activity, and mental health
  • bariatric surgery (surgical treatment for obesity)
  • coordinating care and transitioning the patient back to their family physician with recommendations from the clinic.

Not everyone participating in the clinic is an appropriate candidate for bariatric surgery. It takes several appointments and considerable time to determine eligibility for bariatric surgery.

NOTE: For patients who require revisional consideration, we are currently only accepting revision patients whose primary surgery was performed in Red Deer, OR to those who reside within Central Zone.

Access
Service Providers May Include
dietitians, doctors, psychologists, registered nurses (RNs), social workers, surgeons
Eligibility

Adults, aged 18 to 59 within the central zone at time of referral with:

  • BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 with severe obesity-related co-morbidity, including type 2 diabetes, PCOS,
    hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome,
    Pickwickian syndrome, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis,
    pseudotumor cerebri, gastroesophageal reflux disease, venous stasis disease, severe urinary
    incontinence, debilitating arthritis, considerably impaired quality of life, and disqualification from
    other surgeries as a result of obesity

OR

  • BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 with or without weight-related comorbidity.

AND

  • Non-Smoking / vaping for 6 months (no inhalation products including tobacco and cannabis)
  • No severe, and / or unmanaged mental illness, active substance dependencies, and / or major cognitive impairment
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.


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Acronym
BSC
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