Weight Management

At the University of Illinois Medical Center, we understand weight loss can be frustrating on an individual level. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists are here to help diagnose and provide personal treatment options based on an individual's needs and habits.
Our Services

Weight Management Program
This program is a multidisciplinary, medically supervised weight loss program for overweight and obese patients. Our treatment programs are physician-monitored and designed to improve health through sustained weight loss based on reasonable long-term goals.

New Hope
New Hope is a division of the Pediatric Department dedicated to treating severely overweight teenagers and their families. The program tailors psychological, nutritional and activity support according to the patient's individual needs.

Nutrition and Wellness Center
The Nutrition and Wellness Center provides advanced clinical expertise, specialized services and state-of-the-art technology. Specializing in bone health, diabetes, medical nutrition therapy, rheumatology and weight management, patients receive the highest quality personalized care possible.

Bariatric Surgery
The University of Illinois Medical Center has one of the country's most advanced centers for minimally invasive surgery. We offer robotic assisted bariatric procedures including laparoscopic gastric bypass, open gastric bypass and laparoscopic lap band procedures. We also provide body contouring procedures to reduce baggy skin and reshape the body after significant weight loss. These procedures include tummy tucks, circumferential lifts, thigh lifts, breast lifts/reductions, arm lifts, face and neck lifts.

Our Team
Our multidisciplinary weight management team includes board-certified internists, registered dietitians, nurse practitioners, highly-experienced bariatric and pediatric surgeons, and plastic surgeons specializing in body contouring procedures. Psychological and psychiatric support services are also available.
Our Locations

Outpatient Care Center
1801 West Taylor Street
Suite 1C
Chicago IL, 60612

To request an appointment, please call or 312.413.3631.

New Hope
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery
810 South Wood Street
Room 416
Chicago, IL 60612

To request an appointment or for more information, please call us at 312.413.5655.

Nutrition & Wellness Center: 312.413.3631.

Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery: 312.996.9313.