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 Saint Catherine Regional Hospital of Charlestown, Indiana, serves the greater Louisville, Kentucky, metropolitan area including Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This quality-oriented acute care general hospital operates 96 licensed acute care beds and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission. Its special programs include the Comprehensive Wound Center of Southern Indiana and the Behavioral Health Service. Saint Catherine Regional Hospital is named after Saint Catherine, the patron saint of healing and is affiliated with
Saint Catherine Healthcare of Jackson, Wyoming.

The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss at Saint Catherine Regional Hospital is located in the Saint Catherine Medical Group Building at 2100 Market Street, adjacent to the hospital's main campus in the rapidly growing suburb of Charlestown, Indiana. The location, convenient to both Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana residents, is in a pleasant neighborhood that is located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Louisville. The Medical Director of the Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss at Saint Catherine Regional Hospital is Mark A. Shina M.D., an experienced bariatric surgeon who has performed in excess of 1500 weight loss surgeries including laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Lap Band surgeries. Please click on the physician's name for more detailed background information.

The Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss (CCWL) at Saint Catherine Regional 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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