Our Facility
Our surgeons work together with the JFK Medical Center Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute seamlessly to
provide the most professional approach to weight loss surgery available....anywhere.
The JFK Medical Center Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute offers every patient the services of its dedicated
psychologist, nutritionist, exercise physiologist, certified bariatric nurses, insurance authorization specialists, patient
support groups, and exercise education space under one roof.
Should you choose to proceed with weight loss surgery the entire resources of the JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach
County's leading teaching hospital will be supporting you.
Left to Right:
Leslie Haines, director, Dr. Melodie Moorehead, psychologist,
Laura Dolina, nutritionist, Dr. Andrew Larson, surgeon, Kendra
McDonald, RN, Dr. Fred Simon, surgeon, Patricia Specian, RN
Gold Coast Bariatric Surgery
JFK Medical Center offers:
- more experience with weight loss
surgery than any other hospital in
Palm Beach County and the
Treasure Coast
- private rooms for all weight loss
surgery patients
- 24-hour board certified intensive
care specialist physician on-site at
all times in case of emergency
- anesthesiologists with experience
monitoring over 2,000 weight loss
surgery patients
- Palm Beach County's only
graduate level MD teaching
program