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Rare Surgery at
Pasco Regional
Medical Center
Offers Hope for
Weight-Loss
Patients
By Kit Ingalls - Pasco News 
printed Thursday, July 21 2005
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Testimonial
This surgery provided me with hope. The pounds are coming off, my self esteem is going up and I feel better physically.

D.
Highest Weight 295
Date of Surgery 12/08/03
Current Weight 254

Lee J. Grossbard, M.D

Lee J. Grossbard, M.D., F.A.C.S. – Dr. Grossbard is an International Speaker and Proctor for the LAP-BAND Surgical Procedure.  He is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (ASBS).  He is the President of Florida Surgical Obesity Associates, currently practicing approximately 20 miles northeast of Tampa, Florida.

Dr. Grossbard has been involved with Bariatric Surgery for twenty years.  After being trained in Massachusetts for his residency, he moved to Florida in 1984.  Since that time, he has been involved in multiple  bariatric procedures, including the Garren Edwards Balloon, gastric stapling procedures, vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG), and gastric bypass procedures.  He has been performing adjustable gastric lap-band surgery since June, 2001, when the FDA approved this procedure and is one of the most experienced lap-band surgeons in the United States. Dr. Grossbard is currently performing the gastric banding procedure exclusively.

Dr. Grossbard is a General Surgeon Board Certified by the American College of Surgery.  He completed his residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He is one of a few physicians that not only performs the LAP-BAND Procedure, but has had the procedure performed on himself.  Since October 2002 he has lost a total of 100 pounds! As a guest speaker for Pasco Regional Medical Center’s LAP-BAND seminars, he will offer his unique perspective from not only a physician’s point of view but, as a “bandster” patient too.

Dr Grossbard has been named by INAMED to be a founding member of the Lap-Band Leadership Institute Program. This small group of elite physicians has demonstrated the highest standards of surgical excellent and patient education as well as exceptional long-term care.

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