Leading-Edge Treatments, Tailored to You

Our highly skilled team of bariatric specialists offers comprehensive weight-loss care with advanced treatments and surgical techniques that reduce the amount of consumed food and the digestion and absorption of calories. Your surgeon will discuss the benefits of each approach and help determine which one may be the best fit for your lifestyle.

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Get Answers to FAQs

In addition to understanding your BMI, you’ll want to know more about the procedures, recovery and insurance coverage. You can find answers to those questions and many more in our FAQs, which are free to download below.

 

Recognized for Exceptional Bariatric Care

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Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)

MBSAQIP Nationally Accredited Center

MBSAQIP Nationally Accredited Center

MBSAQIP is a comprehensive, nationwide surgical quality program aimed at ensuring the safe and effective performance of metabolic and bariatric surgery. Surgical outcomes focus on weight loss and the treatment of obesity-related diseases, like diabetes, sleep apnea, and others. Research shows accredited centers experience lower complications, and better outcomes than that of non-accredited facilities.

● AdventHealth Carrollwood
● AdventHealth Dade City
● AdventHealth Heart of Florida
● AdventHealth North Pinellas
● AdventHealth Ocala
● AdventHealth Sebring
● AdventHealth Tampa – Comprehensive Center with Adolescent Qualifications

Blue Distinction Center

Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction® Center

Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction® Center

The Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery accreditation means AdventHealth is committed to quality bariatric care by meeting strict criteria developed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

● AdventHealth Carrollwood
● AdventHealth Dade City
● AdventHealth Heart of Florida
● AdventHealth Ocala
● AdventHealth North Pinellas
● AdventHealth Tampa
● AdventHealth Sebring

United Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare® Center of Excellence

UnitedHealthcare® Center of Excellence

Our hospitals have been certified as UnitedHealthcare® Bariatric Centers of Excellence:
● AdventHealth Dade City
● AdventHealth Heart of Florida
● AdventHealth Ocala
● AdventHealth Tampa

Cigna 3 Star

Cigna 3-Star Quality Bariatric Center

Cigna 3-Star Quality Bariatric Center

Our hospitals have been designated as Cigna 3-Star Quality Centers for Bariatric Surgery:
● AdventHealth Carrollwood
● AdventHealth Dade City
● AdventHealth Heart of Florida
● AdventHealth Ocala
● AdventHealth Tampa

Cigna COE

Cigna Center of Excellence (COE) Quality Bariatric Center

Cigna Center of Excellence (COE) Quality Bariatric Center

Our hospital is recognized as a Cigna Center of Excellence Quality Bariatric Center.
● AdventHealth Ocala

Aetna Institutes of Quality

Aetna Institutes of Quality® Bariatric Surgery Facility

Aetna Institutes of Quality® Bariatric Surgery Facility

Aetna Institutes of Quality® recognizes our hospitals for consistently delivering evidence-based, high-quality bariatric surgery care for people with morbid or extreme obesity.
● AdventHealth Dade City
● AdventHealth Ocala
● AdventHealth Sebring

 AdventHealth Carrollwood has been named as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery by the Women’s Choice Award®, one of America’s most trusted referral sources for the best in health care.

Women's Choice Best Hospitals for Bariatrics Surgery

Women's Choice Best Hospitals for Bariatrics Surgery

● AdventHealth Carrollwood

Start Your Life-Changing Journey

If you’re ready to feel healthy again, we’re excited to help you get started. Request an appointment or insurance verification below and our care team will reach out with your next steps. You deserve to be your healthiest, happiest self — and we’re with you all the way.

Or call us at 800-270-3043.