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BAYLOR PLANO OFFERS FREE WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS

(PLANO, TEXAS Feb. 1, 2011) Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano will offer free Weight Loss Surgery Informational Seminars on Tuesdays, February 8 and 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Education Rooms 1-4 on the Garden Level of Baylor Plano, 4700 Alliance Blvd. Nick Nicholson, M.D., bariatric surgeon and medical director of the Baylor Plano Weight Loss Surgery Center will discuss the four weight loss surgery options available to help you try to achieve a healthy weight: gastric banding, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and revision surgery. To register for a seminar please call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoEvents.

In addition, Baylor Plano will offer the following free events:

Joint Pain Seminar
Wednesday,February 16
Education Room 1, Garden Level
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Cooling the Burn Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Seminar
Thursday, February 24
Presented by Rassa Shahidzadeh, M.D. Plano
Conference Rooms A & B, Garden Level
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch provided.

Aching Back Seminar
Friday, February 18
Presented by John Tompkins, MD, Neurosurgeon on the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Medical Staff
Education Rooms 1 & 2, Garden level
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch provided.

Diabetes Self Management Program
Classes are offered at various times. To register call 469.814.6896.

Medical Nutrition Therapy
Appointments and classes offered at various times. To schedule an appointment please call 469.814.4483.

Saturday Mammography Services

Saturdays, February 5 and 19
Women’s Imaging Center
Medical Pavilion II, Suite 100

Saturdays, February 12 and 26
Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch
8080 St. Highway 121, Ste. 100, McKinney
Appointments begin at 8:00 a.m.

Health Fairs

Your Health This Month®
Thursday, February 17
Plano Conference Rooms A & B
7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Includes free screenings and health education as well as cholesterol/glucose testing for $10.

Support Groups

Support for People with Oral Head & Neck Cancer
Tuesdays, February 1 and March 1
Plano Conference Rooms A/B, Garden Level
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Light dinner served.

Weight Loss Surgery Support Group
Wednesday,February 9
Education Center 1 & 2, Garden Level
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
To register call 469-814-5677.

Diabetes Support Group
Thursday,February 10
Plano Conference Rooms A/B, Garden Level
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Breast Cancer Support Program
Mondays,February 21 and March 21
Education Center 1 & 2, Garden Level
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Join us as we discuss various topics including nutrition, exercise, stress management, humor and laughter, emotional responses, and recovery techniques such as journaling, art, and relaxation techniques. Light dinner will be provided.

Us Too! Prostate Cancer Support Group
Tuesdays, February 22 and March 22
Plano Conference Rooms A/B, Garden Level
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Light dinner provided.

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, ENT, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for gynecology and prostate procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. The hospital has won several quality awards including the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence and is designated a Pathway to Excellence™ hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For fiscal year 2009, Baylor recorded $3.9 billion in total assets and $452.4 million community benefit.For more information, visit www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.

For a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.

*Represents preliminary information that will be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System¹s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano or Baylor Health Care System.