George Woodman, MD, a general surgeon based on Memphis, Tenn., has announced he will open a weight-loss surgery clinic in Jackson in mid-January, according to a Jackson Sun report.
Dr. Woodman met with West Tennessee Healthcare and administrators, then developed a plan to make weight loss surgery services more accessible to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital patients, according to the report. Dr. Woodman has performed more than 3,500 minimally invasive weight loss procedures as is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
The clinic will provide the only weight loss surgery service in the Jackson area, according to the report.
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Dr. Woodman met with West Tennessee Healthcare and administrators, then developed a plan to make weight loss surgery services more accessible to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital patients, according to the report. Dr. Woodman has performed more than 3,500 minimally invasive weight loss procedures as is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
The clinic will provide the only weight loss surgery service in the Jackson area, according to the report.
Read more on recent ASC development:
-Indiana's Saint John's Health System to Build New Surgery Center
-10 New ASCs Opened or Under Development by Hospitals and Health Systems
-Regent Surgical Health Opens New Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage