In the News
Learn about the newest technology in revisional weight loss surgery under Research Trials. SEB is one of the few centers in the country performing endoscopic incisionless surgery using the ROSE procedure on patients who have regained weight after their gastric bypass.
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Meet our Lifestyle Management Team! Our nutritionist, exercise physiologist and counselor can help you lose weight before, after or without surgery using state-of-art body composition imaging and metabolic testing.
Save the Date! Join us for the National Walk from Obesity on Saturday, September 27, 2008 and raise awareness about the obesity epidemic and money for obesity research. See www.walkfromobesity.com for details.
Save the Dates! On Saturday, November 8, 2008 Colleen Cook, the President of Bariatric Support Centers International (www.bsciresourcecenter.com) and author of Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients, and Southeast Bariatrics will hold an educational seminar for bariatric healthcare professionals. (Details coming soon) Colleen will also be the featured speaker at the Southeast Bariatrics Support Group on Monday, November 10th.
May 2-4, 2008 SEB co-sponsors Weight Loss Surgery Conference with Band2gether.net featuring Katie Jay as keynote speaker.
April 21, 2008 Press release of Dr. Voellinger’s response to the 60 Minutes segment “The Bypass Effect” aired on April 20th.
February 19, 2008 New Hope Bariatrics partners with Dr. Voellinger of Southeast Bariatrics and Surgical Care Associates to perform outpatient bariatric surgery at an ambulatory sugery center.
November 6, 2007 Annie Lee, SEB’s exercise physiologist is featured on The FIRM: Total Body TransFIRMation System video series.
September 29, 2007 Southeast Bariatrics and the Presbyterian Bariatric Center host the 2007 Walk from Obesity. We raised $25,000 for obesity research and patient advocacy, over 100 people participated and we were ranked the #3 Walk in the US. See www.walkfromobesity.com to register for the 2008 event.
May 19, 2007 Dr. Voellinger presents to the Speaking of Women’s Health Conference in Winston-Salem, “Long-Term Solution for a Lifetime Struggle with Obesity”
May 2, 2007 Dr. Voellinger presents to the American Board of Bariatric Medicine on “Bariatric Surgery Review 2007” in Nashville, TN
March 15, 2007 Dr. Voellinger presents to the “46th Annual Post-Graduate Symposium” for Primary Care Physicians in Charlotte.
January 19-21, 2007 SEB sponsors a Barbara Thompson Retreat “Adventures in Weight Loss Surgery Support”.
June 2006 Dr. Voellinger presents poster at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery entitled “Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is a Versatile Operation for the Bariatric Surgeon’s Armamentarium”.
May 7 and 13, 2006 Dr. Voellinger is featured on WTVI’s Healthwise discussing “Current Surgical Treatments for Obesity”.
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