Shelly Schmucker Physician Assistant
Attention Patients ! Please use email only for non urgent communication with the office and call the office at 814-877-6997 with any urgent message.
Please use email only for non urgent communication with the office and call the office at 814-877-6997 with any urgent message.
UPMC Hamot Bariatric Surgery And Weight Management Center holds a Preop Support Group Meeting for weight loss surgery every month on the 3rd Wednesday at 6 pm.
There is no fee to attend support group meetings and they are open to anyone interested in support for weight loss surgery. Support Group Meetings are held at Magee-Womens Hospital Lincoln Center on the UPMC Hamot Campus next to the Heart Institute, 118 E. 2nd Street, Erie, PA.
We also hold a monthly support group meeting designed to address the special needs and concerns of postop bariatric patients. The Postop Support Group Meeting is held at 5 pm before the main meeting at the same location.
For weather related cancellations, please visit this site for notifications. We will also post support group cancellations on TV and radio stations when possible or call the office at 814-877-6997.
The 2017 Support Group Agenda has been posted. See RESOURCE tab.
There are bariatric surgery support group meetings held in the region outside Erie, PA. These meetings are not organized by UPMC Hamot and are run by volunteers. Our office frequently communicates with the group leaders but does not control or endorse the topics discussed in the meetings. If you have information about other meetings in the region or if you find any inaccuracies in the information provided here, please call our program coordinator, Valerie Snyder at
814-877-6954
Bradford PA Support Group
Where: Bradford Area Public Library
67 W. Washington St. Bradford, PA
When: 2nd Monday of every month.
5:30-6:30pm
Contact Person: Jayme Covert
Tel. 814-512-3128
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Warren PA Support Group
Where: Warren General Hospital
When: 3rd Monday of every month
6-7 pm
Contact Person: Tonya Yaegle
Tel. 814-757-4706
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Jamestown NY Support Group has been cancelled as of June 2017.
UPMC Hamot Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management Center is offering FREE information seminars about weight loss surgery.
During the session, you will hear from one of our surgeons, discover what you need to know to navigate the insurance maze, and learn about what kind of pre-op preparation and testing you will be required to have.
To find out more, please call our office at (814) 877-6997 to reserve your spot at our next information session.
UPMC Hamot Bariatric Surgery Program is also offering information seminars in the region outside Erie, PA. The schedule for these seminars is subject to change. Please call the office at
814-877-6997
for an up to date schedule.
We currently offer these seminars in Bradford, Warren and Meadville PA.
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Bradford PA New Patient Seminar for Weight Loss Surgery
Where: Bradford Library, 67 W. Washington St.
When: Schedule varies
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Warren PA New Patient Seminar for Weight Loss Surgery
Where: Warren Library, 205 Market St. (Slater Room, 3rd floor)
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Meadville PA New Patient Seminar for Weight Loss Surgery
Where: Meadville Medical Center, 751 Liberty St. (Basement level, Conf. Room E)
When: Schedule varies/9-11:30am
UPMC Hamot Bariatric Surgery Center is now offering comprehensive weight management services in addition to weight loss surgery. This program is geared to help those who are not heavy enough to be candidates for weight loss surgery but still need to lose weight to improve their health. It is also for those who are candidates for weight loss surgery but do not feel comfortable with the thought of having surgery to lose weight.
We are offering a weekly group session to introduce the services offered. The sessions are held
every other Monday at 1:45 pm
and
every other Thursday at 9:15 am
There is a $10 fee to attend these sessions.
For more information or to register for a session in our medical weight loss program please call our office at
