Weight Loss Center of Chattanooga

09/29/2026

09/23/2026

09/18/2026

Happy Birthday and congratulations on your retirement, Graham! 🎉🎂

We are incredibly grateful for your years of dedication to bariatrics and obesity medicine and, especially, for the compassion and support you have given to so many patients. Your expertise and friendship have meant so much to all of us at the Weight Loss Center of Chattanooga.

Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a very happy, healthy, and well-deserved retirement! You will be missed! ❤️

09/15/2026

A major milestone for our patients and our team!
Hamilton Ambulatory Surgery Center is now an accredited MBSAQIP Ambulatory Surgery Center—an important national recognition from the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
This accreditation means our program has met rigorous standards for:
✅ Patient safety
✅ High-quality surgical care
✅ Comprehensive patient education
✅ Multidisciplinary support
✅ Careful patient selection
✅ Long-term follow-up
✅ Continuous quality improvement
The final report found all applicable standards in compliance and described our team as compassionate caregivers who “go the extra mile for their patients.”
We are incredibly proud of everyone who helped us achieve this distinction. For our patients, it means access to nationally accredited, patient-centered bariatric surgical care in a convenient ambulatory setting—close to home.
📍 Hamilton Ambulatory Surgery Center
Dalton, Georgia

09/15/2026

HAMILTON AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER EARNS NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FOR METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Only MBSAQIP-accredited ambulatory surgery center serving Northwest Georgia and the greater Chattanooga region

https://www.prlog.org/13170606-hamilton-ambulatory-surgery-center-earns-national-accreditation-for-metabolic-and-bariatric-surgery.html

09/01/2026

3 MYTHS About Weight-Loss Surgery 🚫

Despite decades of research, weight-loss surgery is still surrounded by misconceptions. Let’s clear up three of the most common:

MYTH #1: “You have to be extremely overweight to qualify.”
❌ Not true. Metabolic and bariatric surgery may be appropriate at lower BMI levels, particularly for people with obesity-related health conditions. It’s about improving health and quality of life, not just a number on the scale.

MYTH #2: “Everyone gains the weight back.”
❌ Not true. Some weight regain can occur, but bariatric surgery remains one of the most effective treatments for substantial, durable weight loss. Long-term success is strengthened by nutrition, physical activity, follow-up care, and obesity medications when appropriate.

MYTH #3: “Weight-loss surgery is too risky.”
❌ Not true. Modern bariatric surgery has become remarkably safe. For appropriately selected patients, the long-term health risks of untreated obesity can be far greater than the risks of surgery.

Obesity is a chronic disease. Surgery isn’t the “easy way out”—it’s an evidence-based treatment.

08/31/2026

3 MYTHS About Weight-Loss Surgery 🚫

Despite decades of research, weight-loss surgery is still surrounded by misconceptions. Let’s clear up three of the most common:

MYTH #1: “You have to be extremely overweight to qualify.”
❌ Not true. Metabolic and bariatric surgery may be appropriate at lower BMI levels, particularly for people with obesity-related health conditions. It’s about improving health and quality of life, not just a number on the scale.

MYTH #2: “Everyone gains the weight back.”
❌ Not true. Some weight regain can occur, but bariatric surgery remains one of the most effective treatments for substantial, durable weight loss. Long-term success is strengthened by nutrition, physical activity, follow-up care, and obesity medications when appropriate.

Stayed tuned for MYTH #3…tomorrow ‼️

Obesity is a chronic disease. Surgery isn’t the “easy way out”—it’s an evidence-based treatment.