Informational Class

Welcome to our Bariatric Surgery Informational Class Resource Center!

Here, you’ll find essential information and the necessary paperwork to begin your journey toward a healthier lifestyle. To ensure a smooth process, please watch our informative class and complete the new patient paperwork. The new patient paperwork will be available at the end of the class. This step is required for scheduling your consultation with our surgeon. Let’s take this important step together toward achieving your health goals.

If you have questions before or after watching the videos, please contact us at 515-327-2000.

There are certain medical conditions or diagnoses that may exclude you from our surgical program. These include: borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, dissociative identity disorder, somatic disorder, uncontrolled eating disorders, suicidal ideations within 1-year, mental health hospitalizations within 1 year. Severe Crohn’s disease, liver cirrhosis, active cancer, unstable cardiac disease, defibrillator, severe congestive heart failure, oxygen dependent, previous gastric bypass surgery, non-ambulatory, extensive prior surgeries. Additional medical conditions may be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

If you have any of these conditions listed above, please consider our medical weight loss program.

Listen as Dr. Todd Eibes, MD, FACS, explains more about the free informational classes.