Bariatric Surgeons Being Put Out of Work by GLP-1 Drugs

MedPage Today December 23, 2024
Cheryl Clark

— However, many expect demand to come back eventually

This story is part of a series called “Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits.” It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation.

Since she lost her job this summer as a bariatric surgeon, Lana Nelson, DO, has a phone message that tells callers, “I’m probably out on the trails” hiking near Grand Junction, Colorado.

For 19 years until this fall, Nelson worked at the Norman Regional Health System’s “Journey Clinic,” a large weight-loss surgery program 15 miles south of Oklahoma City. For the last 12, she was its medical director.

The 324-bed hospital system’s two or three surgeons provided weight-loss surgery to more than 750 patients in...

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