Dr. Weiner is a board certified general surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has been practicing laparoscopic and bariatric surgery since 2006. Dr. Weiner completed his medical degree at the University of Michigan and graduated in the top quarter of his class. He then went on to complete his surgical training at New York University. After finishing his residency, Dr. Weiner was a faculty surgeon at Wayne State University for five years before starting his own private practice. Dr. Weiner performs both general laparoscopic surgery and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. In both fields, he focuses on minimally invasive techniques resulting in less pain and a faster recovery for the patient.
Dr. Weiner focuses primarily on abdominal surgery and weight loss solutions for his patientsincluding Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass and LapBand. Using modern laparoscopic techniques, patients can expect minimal scarring and reduced recovery time. While surgery is one solution for weight loss, patients must adjust their lifestyle to accommodate and maintain their weight loss. Dr. Weiner has written a book describing how to manage weight and lifestyle both with and without bariatric weight loss surgery.
A Pound of Cure is a step by step guide that shows you how to change your style of eating sensibly, over time. Each of the 12 changes recommended by Dr. Weiner brings you closer to gaining control over the hunger and food cravings that have sabotaged your previous efforts. It is designed to be a lifelong change and nothing less and does not buy into the madness of starvation or fad diets.
Since 2006, Dr. Weiner has performed over 400 minimally invasive weight loss surgeries. He is committed to patient safety tracking outcomes carefully ensuring complications are kept to a minimum. He also participates in several state wide and national data registries and is a fully certified center of excellence surgeon.
What sets Dr. Weiner apart from other Bariatric Surgeons is his knowledge of nutrition and fitness and his ability to inspire and motivate patients to make necessary lifestyle changes ensuring long term weight loss success.
As a weight loss surgeon, Dr. Weiner provides the surgical aspect as well as, psychology and motivational support to weight loss patients. He fully recognizes the impact these surgeries have on a patient's life and is committed to helping his patients through the entire process, not just the initial post-operative period.
Dr. Weiner performs laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and lap-band procedures.
A Pound of Cure, Change Your Eating and Your Life, One Step at a Time was written by Dr. Weiner to help patients change their eating sensibly, over time. First, Dr. Weiner explains the flaws in the traditional weight loss model that claims that it is necessary to starve yourself thin by burning more calories than you take in. Rather, he explains the research behind our metabolic thermostat that works to control both your calorie expenditure and consumption to keep your weight stable over time. Each of the 12 dietary changes that Dr. Weiner recommends will bring you closer to gaining control over the hunger and food cravings that have sabotaged your previous efforts and prevent the plateaus that are the result of your metabolic slowing.
Many people across the country who struggle with their weight have finally ended their battle with obesity through weight loss surgery. Dr. Matthew Weiner helps people regain control over their appetite and finally win their battle against obesity through safe and effective procedures. Dr. Weiner offers free weight loss surgery seminars explaining nutrition, lifestyle and diet changes required after surgery. These surgical weight loss seminars also provide the information necessary to decide whether to proceed with surgery, and if so, which surgical procedure, Lap Band, Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass, is the best choice for you.
Obesity is not a disease of gluttony as most people think – it is a disease of metabolism. Many of us know someone of normal weight who eats large portions of junk food daily, yet manage to stay thin. The vast majority of Americans subsist largely on processed foods, yet only a third of us develop significant obesity. The reason that only some people gain significant amounts of weight has to do with how our body reacts to these foods – those who suffer from obesity are triggered to rapidly store processed foods as fat while those who remain free of obesity are not nearly as efficient at fat storage. If you are significantly overweight, you are more susceptible to processed foods than others. Long term weight loss depends on you avoiding these foods for the rest of your life, and no less. The 12 Stations of Health eating plan will help you to accomplish this difficult task.
Because the average American’s diet consists of primarily processed foods, our taste buds have adapted to the sweet, salty, rich tastes of today’s foods. After years of eating like this, healthy, natural foods are unable to stimulate our taste buds in a meaningful way, causing them to be interpreted as “tasteless.” Even the sweetest strawberries will taste bland to people who drink sweetened strawberry milkshakes daily. Over time, we’ve developed “tolerance” for sweet, salty and rich tastes that demand even stronger tastes to remain satisfied.
A Pound of Cure, Change Your Eating and Your Life, One Step at a Time was written by Dr. Weiner to help patients change their eating sensibly, over time. First, Dr. Weiner explains the flaws in the traditional weight loss model that claims that it is necessary to starve yourself thin by burning more calories than you take in. Rather, he explains the research behind our metabolic thermostat that works to control both your calorie expenditure and consumption to keep your weight stable over time. Each of the 12 dietary changes that Dr. Weiner recommends will bring you closer to gaining control over the hunger and food cravings that have sabotaged your previous efforts and prevent the plateaus that are the result of your metabolic slowing.
The video companion to Dr. Weiner's book A Pound of Cure - A Step by Step Guide to Changing Your Eating and Your Life.
Introduction to the Pound of Cure Diet Plan
This video outlines a better model of weight loss than the standard calories in vs. calories out model. It is the first in a 13 video series by Dr. Weiner.
Many patients elect to pay for the Gastric Sleeve surgery themselves when the health care insurance they have does not cover the surgery. In order to make this option available to as many people as possible, Huron Valley Hospital has elected to create an all inclusive, self pay program. Our price, $11,600 includes all costs of the surgery (anesthesia, pre-operative evaluation, laboratory work, etc.) Additional office visits post operation are billed at $65 each.
If you are interested in learning more about our self-pay option, please fill out the form below, or call us at: 248-413-2670
Dr. Weiner discusses the lifestyle changes and solutions for maintaining a healthy weight througout your life with Emery King and the WXYZ medical webcast.
Free Weight Loss Seminars
Free Informational Seminars On Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Surgery June 5, 2013 - 8 to 9:30 AM June 17, 2013 - 4 to 5:30 PM
A Pound of Cure, Change Your Eating and Your Life, One Step at a Time was written by Dr. Weiner to help patients change their eating sensibly, over time. First, Dr. Weiner explains the flaws in the traditional weight loss model that claims that it is necessary to starve yourself thin by burning more calories than you take in. Rather, he explains the research behind our metabolic thermostat that works to control both your calorie expenditure and consumption to keep your weight stable over time. Each of the 12 dietary changes that Dr. Weiner recommends will bring you closer to gaining control over the hunger and food cravings that have sabotaged your previous efforts and prevent the plateaus that are the result of your metabolic slowing.
Obesity is not a disease of gluttony as most people think – it is a disease of metabolism. Many of us know someone of normal weight who eats large portions of junk food daily, yet manage to stay thin. The vast majority of Americans subsist largely on processed foods, yet only a third of us develop significant obesity. The reason that only some people gain significant amounts of weight has to do with how our body reacts to these foods – those who suffer from obesity are triggered to rapidly store processed foods as fat while those who remain free of obesity are not nearly as efficient at fat storage. If you are significantly overweight, you are more susceptible to processed foods than others. Long term weight loss depends on you avoiding these foods for the rest of your life, and no less. The 12 Stations of Health eating plan will help you to accomplish this difficult task.
Many patients elect to pay for the Gastric Sleeve surgery themselves when the health care insurance they have does not cover the surgery. In order to make this option available to as many people as possible, Huron Valley Hospital has elected to create an all inclusive, self pay program. Our price, $11,600 includes all costs of the surgery (anesthesia, pre-operative evaluation, laboratory work, etc.) Additional office visits post operation are billed at $65 each.