The Bariatric Surgery Program offers care through our two locations in New Hampshire:
- 曼彻斯特 and 和谐, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics 曼彻斯特
- 黎巴嫩, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Register to attend an "Introduction to Bariatric Surgery" session.
新病人
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics 曼彻斯特
You must have a referral from your primary care provider (PCP) to make an appointment. Please review your health insurance coverage before calling for an appointment.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Once we receive your completed your pre-surgery checklist, 还有你的包, our program will contact you to make your initial appointment. Once your appointment has been scheduled, please follow these guidelines:
- Please call us in advance if you need to cancel your appointment.
- Please bring with you to your appointment
- List of all the medications, including dosages, that you are currently taking. Include herbal and over-the-counter medications
- List of any concerns that you might have.
- Please arrive at the hospital 15 minutes before your appointment.
- You can park in our parking garage (PDF), which connects to the fourth level of the Faulkner Building.
保险
Your insurance company may have criteria that must be met for weight loss surgery to be a covered benefit. Some insurance companies have specific dieting requirements, which must be completed before they approve coverage of this procedure. You may need to show the insurance company that you have attempted to lose weight in the past 12 months, and have made changes to your food choices and level of physical activity. Many insurers now have specific weight loss requirements. Please check with your insurer before beginning our program.
Returning patients
If you are a returning patient, you may use myDH to communicate securely with your providers, request or change appointments, review your medical record, 和更多的.
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支持团体
After surgery, we have support groups available at both of our locations. Our virtual support groups are open to anyone who has undergone weight loss surgery here or other surgery programs
和谐, 曼彻斯特, and Nashua support group
为和谐, 曼彻斯特, and Nashua post-bariatric surgery patients, meetings are on the first Tuesday of every month from 5 to 6 pm. To obtain the meeting link, call 603-695-2870. Read more about what to expect 手术后.
Lebanon support group
A registered dietitian guides the session and makes it an open meeting for you to ask diet questions, review medication regimens, 讨论运动, and talk about any other topics of interest. To register for an after-surgery support group in 黎巴嫩, call the Lebanon number below.