When I came to CCWL I weighed 280 pounds. I have now lost 140 pounds - half of me! Now, instead of getting half a hug from my kids I can have a whole one.

-Angela
The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss (CCWL) is a premiere provider of comprehensive surgical weight loss solutions. At CCWL, we have helped thousands of patients who have been unsuccessful with other weight loss methods find new hope. Our approach to the treatment of clinically severe obesity is a multi-disciplinary program. It includes a surgical bariatric procedure, nutrition and fitness counseling, and behavior modification.

 

 

The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss at Providence Hospital of Washington, D.C. serves the District of Columbia, Southern Maryland, and Northern Virginia areas. Providence is the District’s longest continuously operating hospital, having been chartered in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln. This full service hospital operates 408 licensed acute care beds and is accredited by the Joint Commission. Providence is a ministry of Ascension Health and was founded by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul.

The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss at Providence Hospital is located in the DePaul Medical Building, Suite 300, on the hospital’s main campus at 1150 Varnum NE, Washington, D.C. The location, convenient to Southern Maryland, is in a pleasant neighborhood with colonial style homes. Participating physicians include Dr. Marc S. Rickford, Medical Direcor, an experienced bariatric surgeon who has performed a substantial number of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Lap Band surgeries and Dr. Denia Tapscott, a highly qualified internist and bariatrician who offers patients a variety of medical weight loss options and serves as Assistant Medical Director. Please click on their names for more detailed information on the backgrounds of these key physicians.

The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss (CCWL) at Providence Hospital currently offers both the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as well as the Lap Band to qualified patients. The Center offers informational seminars to prospective patients. Please feel free to access seminar locations, dates and times by clicking on “Seminars.” As another service, patients are offered complementary newsletters that contain stories from actual patients, bariatric friendly recipes, advice from our knowledgeable and friendly staff, as well as other information.

 

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