St. Mary’s to host free weight loss surgery webinar

If obesity is damaging your health and interfering with your quality of life, you may want to attend a free webinar from St. Mary’s Health Care System that could help you decide what kind of medical assistance is most likely to free you from the “lose it/gain it back” cycle.

“Bariatric Surgery in the Age of Ozempic” will be held next Thursday, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. via Zoom.

Speaking will be bariatric surgeon Dr. Aaron Carr.

Dr. Carr will provide insights into the pros and cons of various treatments for obesity, including the current fad of using the diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss.

He will also take an evidence-based approach as he compares surgical outcomes with other weight loss strategies and will especially focus on safety and sustainability.

Dr. Carr is a general surgeon with Athens General and Colorectal Surgeons who specializes in bariatric surgery.

Again, the webinar is next Thursday, November 2 beginning at 6p via Zoom.

Registration for the webinar is free and open to all.

To sign up, visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZbzEs2xfT-WsiTEkGfMpVw.