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To be considered for surgery you must go through a screening process. Again, this thorough process is to ensure that bariatric surgery is the best solution for your health.

The program progression includes:

• Fill out and return
  
  
  1. Patient History Questionnaire
  2. Include a copy of your insurance card - Remember to copy both the front and back
  3. If your insurance policy requires it, a copy of your referral authorization
     
     
• You should download, print, and review the Patient Guidebook
  
  
• You should download and print the psychologist information sheet
  
  
• The questionnaire is reviewed to determine eligibility
  
  
• The patient is contacted by letter with a consultation appointment date/time, or an explanation describing why they do not meet criteria and suggested alternatives
  
  
• The consultation appointment with surgeon, and bariatric nurse
  
  
• At your consultation appointment you will
  
  
  1. Be given a pre-operative checklist of items to complete prior to surgery
  2. Be able to register for the mandatory pre-operative education classes
     
     
• Once a surgery date is scheduled, you have pre-operative appointments
  
  
  1. Once is with the anesthesiology department
  2. The second is with the surgeon
     
     
• Surgery is performed at UCLA Medical Center, Westwood
  
  
• Post-op follow up appointment with the surgeon