Lapband Procedure Changes Steenhoff’s Life

Cliff Steenhoff: Before

In the beginning of 2006, I realized that the quality of my life was severely hampered. I was fat, and that was an understatement as even my doctor’s scale couldn’t weigh me.

Space Coast Medicine Radio Show To Feature Dr. Fusco

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (MARCH 18, 2010) – The SpaceCoastMedicine.com Radio Show will broadcast this Saturday live from the Cumulus Broadcasting studios located in Melbourne, Florida.

LifeShape Features Medical, Surgical Weight Loss Programs

LifeShape Advanced Bariatrics Center of Florida staffers include Cathy Friesela, LifeShape Patient; Christa Bert, Coordinator of LifeShape Patient and Provider Relations; Christie Brandolini, LifeShape Fitness Personal Trainer; Louise Root, LifeShape Fitness Secretary; and Vicki Gavaghan, Coordinator of LifeShape Fitness.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – LifeShape Advanced Bariatrics Center is a full service multidisciplinary weight loss clinic that offers physician supervised medical weight loss programs, personalized fitness training and surgical treatment.

LifeShape Fitness Center Grand Opening Jan. 15

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – MIMA’s new LifeShape Fitness Center will host their Grand Opening on Friday, Jan. 15. The state-of-the-art facility, which will feature a high level of service, is located at 1130 Hickory St. in Melbourne.

Radio Show to Feature Dr. Mark Fusco

Dr. Mark Fusco

The SpaceCoastMedicine.com Radio Show will feature special guest Dr. Mark Fusco this Saturday. Dr. Fusco, an advanced laparoscopic surgeon with MIMA, will discuss weight loss and personal fitness with hosts Dr. Pete Weiss and Katie Bolkunic.

MIMA To OpenLifeshape Fitness Center in January

LIFESHAPE PERSONAL TRAINER, Christie Brandolini, works with each LAGB patient. Christie has been training patients who have an adjustable gastric band since 2007 and finds it very rewarding to see how far these patients have come.

MIMA patients will have a nice gift waiting for them in January, 2010, as a new, state-of-the-art 1,500-square foot fitness center nears completion.

LIFESHAPE Receives LAP-BAND Accreditation

Dr. Mark Fusco

LIFESHAPE Advanced Bariatrics Center of Florida recently received accreditation in the LAP-BAND Total CareTM Program, a comprehensive set of clinical and operational best practices designed to optimize patient outcomes before and after undergoing a LAP-BAND procedure.

Lap-Band® Procedure Offers New Option for the Obese

Dr. Fusco is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College and received residency training in general surgery from Keesler Air Force Base Medical Center. After fellowship training in critical care from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Fusco began a practice in general surgery with an emphasis in laparoscopic surgery in 1994.

AS THE OBESITY PROBLEM has grown in the U.S., so has the number of people turning to weight loss or bariatric surgery, with two popular choices being Gastric Bypass and the Lap-Band® procedure.

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