Iowa Health Weight Loss Specialists

6600 Westown Parkway, Suite 220

West Des Moines, IA 50266

p: 515-241-2250
toll free: 877-220-9727
f: 515-241-2265

Monday - Friday

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Attend a free weight loss surgery informational seminar!

Our Advantage...Your Success

Iowa Health Weight Loss Surgery Specialists is a comprehensive program offering several important advantages for patients, including:

• A dedicated team of specialists who have many years of experience in dealing with the needs of weight loss surgery patients.
• Dr. Todd Eibes, Medical Director, has performed over 500 gastric bypass surgeries and over 550 laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgeries with very low complication rates.
• Dr. Teresa LaMasters has received special training in minimally invasive bariatric surgery techniques, including advanced robotic assisted surgeries performed with the daVinci ® Surgical system.
• We are a designated Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery® from the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. For this designation, the ASMBS requires the hospital or institution to perform at least 125 bariatric surgeries per year, have a dedicated multi-disciplinary bariatric team, report long-term outcomes and submit to an on-site inspection. Over 400 hospitals and institutions are designated as ASMBS Centers of Excellence in the U.S.
• Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa has designated Iowa Methodist Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery®. Blue Distinction is a designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare. The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based selection criteria established in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations.  

• Nutrition counseling, to discuss the nutritional changes necessary for all stages of your weight loss surgery journey.
• Exercise consultation, to provide individual guidance about appropriate levels of exercise and intensity throughout your weight loss.
• Mental health consultation to help patients understand the life changes that accompany bariatric surgery.
• Facilitation of quality care through immediate access to all areas of specialized physicians within Iowa Methodist Medical Center.
• Accessible follow-up care.
• Follow-through with primary care physicians before and after surgery.
• Dedicated support group that will meet monthly to discuss life as a bariatric surgery patient.
• Iowa Health Weight Loss Services and Iowa Methodist Medical Center have re-qualified to be part of the OptumHealth Bariatric Centers of Excellence network (COE).   Because clinical outcomes of bariatric surgery vary widely, receiving services at an OptumHealth Bariatric Resource Services Center of Excellence facility helps to ensure that bariatric surgery and care are delivered in a manner that meets strict standards and increases the likelihood of superior outcomes; it also ultimately reduces costs.