Whether it is primary care for all ages - infants through geriatrics, or specialty care for complex disease states, or consultations, or second opinions, The Baton Rouge Clinic is prepared to help you!
May is National Arthritis Month! The number of Americans with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms is estimated at 66 million, with women being affected more often than men. Approximately 20 million people live with chronic joint symptoms, ...
Surgical weight loss seminars will be presented by our weight-loss surgery physicians, Dr. Jonathan Taylor and Dr. James Froelich. ...
The Baton Rouge Clinic is proud to announce that it has become the ninth medical clinic in Louisiana to achieve the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Diabetes Recognition. In achieving this recognition, the Baton Rouge Clinic physicians have met NCQA standards demonstrating the ability to deliver high-quality care to patients with diabetes. ...
What may have seemed like science fiction, surgery without an incision, is now a reality that is making lives better for patients suffering from chronic acid reflux also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). ...
Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery
Surgical weight loss is intended for those individuals who have metabolic disorders with significant obesity or for those with mobid obesity who have attempted conservative weight loss measures and have failed to achieve their weight loss goals. Our skilled Bariatric surgeons, Dr. Jonathan Taylor and Dr. James Froelich, are post residency trained in laparoscopic surgical procedures as well as the gastric sleeve and the lap band procedures.
Our surgeons provide free public seminars at both the Baton Rouge General and Woman's Hospitals. As they are scheduled, programs will be posted will be noted in our announcements section on the home page of this site.
If you have more questions and need to speak to one of our team members? Please call 225-246-9222 to Contact the Baton Rouge Clinic Surgical Weight Loss program coordinator.
- Lap-band Gastric Banding System
- The LAP-BANDŽ Adjustable Gastric Banding System was the first U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved adjustable gastric band for use in weight reduction. It was approved by the FDA in June 2001 and is the newest and the only adjustable surgical treatment for morbid obesity in the United States. It induces weight loss by reducing the capacity of the stomach, which restricts the amount of food that can be consumed.
- FDA Approved
- Reversible
- Performed as a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure
- For Morbid Obesity
- Gastric Sleeve
- A procedure whereby the size of the stomach is reduced greatly, thus reducing the quantity of food an individual can consume
- Irreversible
- For morbid obesity
- Requires no placement of an artificial device in the body
- Performed as a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure
