October 13 , 2008
Free seminar on weight loss surgery Oct. 21 at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital

The Woodlands, TX – A free informational seminar about weight loss surgery will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital in the Lakeview Conference Room A.

This seminar will provide information about the latest surgical weight loss techniques including roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgeries. The discussion will also cover life changes that follow weight loss surgery, weight loss management, and obesity-related complications. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet patients who have had bariatric surgery.

As part of the hospital’s bariatric program, St. Luke’s offers a multidisciplinary approach toward bariatric surgery.  The team of dedicated health care professionals includes dietitians, exercise therapists, nurses, board-certified physicians and surgeons who are dedicated to helping patients reach their goal of achieving healthy, sustained weight loss.

To register for the seminar, please call Diane Borden, RN, Bariatric Coordinator at (936) 266-2279.

St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital is located at 17200 St. Luke’s Way in The Woodlands, at the southwest corner of SH 242 and I-45. For more information, please call (936) 266-2000.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Corporation is composed of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, founded in 1954 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas; St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital; St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, a charity devoted to assessing and enhancing community health, especially among the underserved; KS Management Services, LLC, overseeing 18 area clinic locations; St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Foundation; St. Luke’s Episcopal Properties Corporation; SLEHS Holdings, Inc.; and, St. Luke’s Community Development Corporation. St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital is under construction, scheduled to open in 2008, and St. Luke’s Clear Lake Hospital is scheduled to open in 2010. Plans are underway for St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital in The Woodlands. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital is home to the Texas Heart® Institute, which was founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD, and is consistently ranked among the top 10 cardiology and heart surgery centers in the nation by U.S.News & World Report. Affiliated with several nursing schools and two medical schools, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital was the first hospital in Texas named a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, and twice has been honored with the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ by HealthGrades, a leading independent company that measures healthcare quality in hospitals. The Health System has been recognized by FORTUNE as among the “100 Best Companies to Work For” and by the Houston Business Journal as a top employer in Houston.