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