*Note:  This is Kathy’s “After” surgery photo Read her story. Welcome to the Center for Weight Loss Surgery at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven.  We can help you win the fight against obesity – helping you reduce your risk for conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, joint problems and heart disease.  Saint Raphael’s top experts offer all treatment options and the latest technology including adjustable gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass.  And our experienced, caring staff are with you throughout your journey, offering education and support services before and after surgery. Experience matters, and that’s what you’ll find at Saint Raphael’s. Our surgeons have performed weight loss surgery since 1993 on over 4,000 patients.  We’re a nationally-recognized Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence® – one of several in Connecticut chosen by Medicare for its beneficiaries.     

The Hospital of Saint Raphael, Dr. Geoffrey Nadzam and Dr. Elmer Valin have earned the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery designation for Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.