What is the role of non-surgical treatments for weight loss?
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William McCarthy
Medical Director, Nova ABC Weight Loss Clinic, NOVA ABC Weight Loss Clinic
703-494-1020
novaabc@novaabc.com
Dr. William McCarthy is the Medical Director at the NOVA ABC Weight Loss Clinic
Dr. McCarthy has been in private medical practice in the Northern Virginia area since 1976. He received a BS (Magna cum laude) at Xavier University in Cincinnati, his M.D. degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, and served his internship and residency in Family Practice at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. McCarthy is board certified in bariatric medicine, which is the medical specialty of weight disorders. At this time, there are only approximatly 300 board certified bariatricians in the United States.
He has served as the Chief of Staff and board member of Potomac Hospital here in Woodbridge. He founded the nationally recognized Continuing Medical Education program at Potomac Hospital and served as it director for over twenty years. He has been repeatedly voted by his peers as one of the top physicians in the D.C area in the Washington Consumer Checkbook. Dr. McCarthy has also served as a board member of the Northern Virginia Foundation for Health and Medical Care and on the board of Physician’s Care insurance. He was the team physician for the Prince William professional baseball team for many years, chosen by the Pirates, Yankees, Cardinals, and White Sox. Dr. McCarthy has an outstanding reputation as a physician and educator, known not only for his broad knowledge of medicine, but also as a compassionate and caring physician. After years of treating the health consequences that were brought on by excess weight, Dr. McCarthy decided to shift the focus of his care to the treatment and prevention of the actual cause of these medical problems. Dr. McCarthy has attended numerous conferences, intensively studied the most current medical literature, and has spent time working with well known, experienced bariatricians in order to enhance his knowledge in the science of weight loss, metabolism, nutrition, exercise, and behavioral aspects of weight control. He now dedicates his experience and knowledge to those who lives and health are adversely affected by their excess weight.
What is the role of non-surgical treatments for weight loss?
Host: What is the role for non-surgical or medical treatment for weight loss?
Dr. William McCarthy: Well, first of all, not everybody qualifies for Bariatric Surgery. There are certain limitations that we have as far as BMI.
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Host: What is the role for non-surgical or medical treatment for weight loss?
Dr. William McCarthy: Well, first of all, not everybody qualifies for Bariatric Surgery. There are certain limitations that we have as far as BMI. Secondly, there are a number of people that have medical conditions that were preclude to having surgery. We also a lot of people don t want and in basic procedure, they don t want to take the risk of complications of surgery and so, they choose to have some form of a medical supervised weight program as opposed to a surgical approach to the problem. Also, we are seeing more and more that insurers are actually requiring people to undergo medical treatment prior to surgical treatment for weight loss.
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