WellStar Comprehensive Bariatric Services We are very excited to announce that we have merged with WellStar and will be changing the name of our practice to "WellStar Comprehensive Bariatric Services". This change will allow us to better serve our community. Watch our website as we make changes. For now our location, phone numbers personnel and schedule of information sessions and support groups will NOT change. Dr. Dennis C. Smith, Jr. performs the Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch (DS) (commonly referred to as the "Duodenal Switch", and in the past known as the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPD/DS) procedure, the Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, the Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, and the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAP-BAND® System) Procedure. Dr. Smith will also evaluate patients for conversion of the LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding system to a Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch procedure, and some other Revisional procedures.
The ROSE Procedure! Dr. Smith is now offering the ROSE Procedure (Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endoluminal). If you have had a bariatric operation, including the Sleeve Gastrectomy or the Duodenal Switch, but you've either started to regain weight or you've not reached the level of weight loss you'd hoped for, the ROSE Procedure can help to reduce the volume of your stomach pouch. Please click on these words for more information on the ROSE Procedure Please call our office or click here for more information on this very exciting new procedure!
The American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS)and the Surgical Review Corporation have designated our bariatric program, including Dr. Smith, Advanced Obesity Surgery, and WellStar Kennestone Hospital, as a Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. We are very proud of this designation, as it reflects our ongoing commitment to excellence in all areas of the performance of bariatric surgery.
Dr. Smith has been involved with the development of laparoscopic techniques for the Duodenal Switch procedure. He was the third surgeon in the world to perform the totally laparoscopic Duodenal Switch, and has now performed over 300 of these totally laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Procedures. He has also done over 600 laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass procedures. He was the first bariatric surgeon in the world to present the Hand-Sewn Duodenal-Ileal Anastomosis technique for the Duodenal Switch, and he has presented his techniques and results with the Totally Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch procedure at national and international meetings of bariatric surgeons. He is also very involved with teaching laparoscopic bariatric surgery techniques to other bariatric surgeons, especially the Sleeve Gastrectomy, the Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch, and laparoscopic suturing techniques. Dr. Smith is a Committee member in both the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS). and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). Further information on Kennestone Hospital and the WellStar Bariatric Surgery Program can be found on the WellStar Bariatric Surgery Web Page.
You can also see VIDEO CLIPS of Dr. Smith's Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and the Duodenal Switch! Go to the Duodenal Switch page to view them.
