Palmyra Surgical LLC in Albany Georgia receives designation as a bariatric Center of Excellence. Since 2002, Dr. John Bagnato has performed bariatric surgery at Palmyra Medical Center and established the Bariatric Institute of Southwest Georgia to follow these patients. Now the program has received the designation by the ASMBS as a center of excellence. .
(PRWEB) November 19, 2009 -- John Bagnato, MD announced today that Palmyra Surgical LLC and the Bariatric Institute of Southwest Georgia have been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence®.
The ASMBS BSCOE designation recognizes surgical programs with a demonstrated track record of favorable outcomes in bariatric surgery. To earn a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation, Palmyra Surgical LLC underwent an extensive site inspection process during which all aspects of the program’s surgical processes were closely examined and data on health outcomes was collected.
As Medical Director of the Bariatric Institute, Dr. Bagnato said he is excited to be designated a Center of Excellence, but said this was a total team effort. “A tremendous amount of work was completed by many individuals for Palmyra Surgical and the Bariatric Institute to become a Center of Excellence. From the beginning of the program in 2002, our goal has been to improve the health of people afflicted with obesity,” said Dr. Bagnato. “We have worked to eliminate many of the health risks associated with obesity. We have been encouraged by the remarkable changes in the quality of life for these individuals.”
According to a report released in 2007 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the number of bariatric surgeries has grown from 16,000 procedures performed in 1992 to 170,000 performed in 2005. Faced with clinical evidence that the most experienced and best-run bariatric surgery programs have by far the lowest rates of complications, the ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence program was created to recognize bariatric surgery centers that perform well and to help surgeons and hospitals continue to improve the quality and safety of care provided.
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