Our Program

The Center for Surgical Weight Loss at Stamford Hospital offers a uniquely comprehensive program of care for every patient, providing support before, during and long after your life-enhancing bariatric procedure.

The Center coordinates an extraordinary breadth of expertise across many medical and support disciplines delivered with a concierge approach that facilitates access to the full range of holistic services as needed.

Multidisciplinary team of bariatric specialists to treat obesity.

Our patients benefit from a multidisciplinary team of specialists in weight management:

  • Dr. Daniel Davis, one of the most experienced bariatric surgeons in Stamford and Westchester counties
  • Bariatric surgeons and physicians who specialize in treating obesity-related conditions
  • A dedicated nurse practitioner
  • A dedicated dietitian to help you manage your diet
  • Psychologists and counselors
  • Exercise physiologists that specialize in working with bariatric patients
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The Center draws on our bariatric team's expertise to provide free surgical weight loss seminars, nutritional counseling, psychiatric evaluation, and post-operation support groups.

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In addition, our bariatric program offers medically supervised weight management for patients who do not qualify for surgery or simply prefer to take a different approach. Non-surgical bariatric weight loss services range from dietary and diabetes counseling to seminars and community education.

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Leadership with extensive experience in surgical weight loss.

Stamford Hospital's Center for Surgical Weight Loss brings together the exceptional medical experience of two recognized leaders in obesity surgery.

Dr. Daniel Davis, Chief of Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Daniel Davis, Director of Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Davis has personally performed more than 1,000 bariatric surgeries - one of the most in our region - using gastric banding, roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch and revisional procedures. His patients' outcomes have been overwhelmingly positive.

Prior to coming to Stamford in the summer of 2010, he served on the surgery faculty of Columbia University as Assistant Clinical Professor and was Director of Bariatric Surgery at Lawrence Hospital of Bronxville, NY and Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. Dr. Davis is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Dr Davis also served as investigator in The National Institutes of Health, ongoing clinical study: Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS)

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Dory Ferraro, MS, APRN-CS, Clinical Director, Bariatric Services

Dory Ferraro, MS, APRN-CS, Clinical Director, Bariatric Services

Dory Ferraro is the program's Clinical Director. She has specialized in the field of obesity surgery for over seventeen years in the greater New York region, and has been instrumental in the development of bariatric practices throughout the United States. She has also received international recognition for her expertise in the management of the bariatric surgery patient.

Ms. Ferraro has worked both in the OR and outpatient setting with thousands of bariatric patients, partnering with them to ensure they have a positive surgical experience.

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