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  • Meet The Team
    • The Medical Team
    • The Patient Support Team
    • The Business Team
  • Weight Loss Surgeries
    • Sleeve Gastrectomy
    • Gastric Bypass Surgery (Roux-en-Y)
    • Lap-Band AP®
    • Lap-Band AP® with Plication
    • Lap-Band AP® Over Bypass Revision
    • Stomach Intestinal Pylorus Sparing
  • Non-Surgical Weight Loss
    • Medical Weight Loss
    • Body Sculpting
  • Other Surgeries
    • Linx for Reflux
    • Hiatal Hernia Repair for GERD
    • Incisional Hernia Repair
    • Groin Hernia Repair
    • Umbilical Hernia Repair
    • Gallbladder Removal
  • Endoscopy
    • EGD
    • Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE)
  • Obesity
    • What is Obesity?
    • What is Morbid Obesity?
    • Causes of Obesity
    • Health Threats of Obesity
    • Obesity Related Health Problems
    • Am I Morbidly Obese?
    • Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery
    • Am I A Candidate?
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Patient Forms

Use these convenient links to complete required forms online. You may use your computer, tablet or smartphone.

New Patients Required Paperwork - CLICK HERE

Medical Records Request - CLICK HERE

Established Patient Updated Paperwork - CLICK HERE

FMLA (Family Medical Leave) Request Form - CLICK HERE

Post Operative Patient Support*
  • Mind Prep Videos
    (The password for this video may be obtained from Dr. Merriman's office)
  • Support Groups
  • Freedom From Obesity – Facebook Page
  • Freedom From Obesity – Patient Only Online Support Group
    (click the link and then click the gray box ASK TO JOIN)
  • Walk From Obesity
  • Shape Up America
  • Ten Minute Trainer
    (a favorite workout routine of Dr. Merriman's)
  • The Daily Burn - Online Exercise Programs
Medical Resources
  • Bariatric Surgery Source
  • Lap-Band AP® System Information
  • Realize System Information
  • American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • American Dietetic Association
  • American Obesity Treatment Association
  • International Diabetes Federation
  • American Diabetes Association
  • International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
  • American Heart Association
  • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Guideline for Identification and Evaluation of Obesity in Adults
 

 

 

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