What is a Bariatrician?

A Bariatrician is a licensed physician who has received special training in bariatric medicine - the medical treatment of obesity and its associated conditions.  bariatricians address the obese patient with a comprehensive program of diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes and when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications.

The word bariatric stems from the Greek word barros, which translates as heavy or large.

While any licensed physician can offer a medical weight loss program to patients, members of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians have been exposed, through an extensive continuing medical education program, to specialized knowledge, tools and techniques to enable them to design specialized medical weight loss programs tailored to the needs of individual patients and modify the programs, if needed, as the treatment progresses.