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General Surgery
Mercy Specialty Clinic, General Surgery
540 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 205
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Phone 319-688-7880
Fax 319-688-7881
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Mercy Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program
540 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 205
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Phone 319-688-7693
Fax 319-688-7881
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program
Welcome to Mercy's Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) Program! We have a multi-disciplinary team of a board certified bariatric surgeon, program director, dietitian, physical therapist, bariatric nurse, mental health care provider, and support groups to help you to lose weight, maintain weight loss and regain your health. Our program is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality Improvement Program. We provide a sensitive and comfortable environment to help ensure long-term success. Thanks for stopping by our site! Please make yourself at home, watch our patient seminar video, contact us with questions, and let us help you on your journey to regained health!
| Surgery Options | Who Qualifies | Videos |
| Our Team | Our Patients | More Information |
| Gastric Balloon | Support Groups |
Once a person is severely obese, the likelihood that he or she will lose enough weight by dietary means alone and remain at a healthy BMI is estimated at 3% or less. (Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity: national Institute of health consensus Development Conference Statement. Am J Clin Nutr 1992.)
Mercy now offers the gastric balloon!
To get started, you can:
Contact Sara Maduka, Program Director
Sara.maduka@mercyic.org
319.688.7693
- Fill in the pre screening questionnaire
- Talk to your insurance carrier
- Talk to your primary care physician
- *No referral is required before starting the process*
Providers
Benjamin Green, DO
Shireesh Saurabh, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Nathan Schneider, MD, FACS
Specialized Expertise in:
- Abscess
- Anal Fissure (Tear)
- Appendectomy
- Breast Surgery
- Feeding Tube Placement into Stomach/Intestine
- Fistulae
- Gallbladder
- Hernias
- Infusion Ports for Chemotherapy
- Pancreas
- Robotic Assisted Hernia Surgery
- Skin and Soft Tissue
- Small and Large Intestine
- Stomach
- Thyroid and Parathyroid
- Vein Care
Treatments and Procedures:
- Abdominal Wall (Incisional Hernia)
- Abscess Anoscopy
- Breast Lumpectomy
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder - Minimally Invasive)
- Colectomy
- Colonoscopy
- Colostomy
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hernia Repair (Abdominal, Hiatal, Inguinal, Femoral, and Umbilical)
- Liver Biopsy
- Lymph Node Removal
- Mastectomy
- Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic and Robotic)
- Needle Biopsy
- Open Surgery
- Pediatric Hernia Repair (> 6 months)
- Pilonidal Cyst
- Prevention Education
- Proctosigmoidoscopy
- Ultrasound Upper Endoscopy
Mercy has fourteen state-of-the-art operating rooms.
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