North Carolina physician first in U.S. to complete 1,000 endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedures

Christopher McGowan, MD, CEO and medical director of Cary, N.C.-based endobariatric weight loss center True You Weight Loss, recently performed his 1,000th endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, the center said Oct. 8.

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True You Weight Loss said Dr. McGowan is the only physician in the U.S. to reach the milestone.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is a roughly 40-minute incisionless procedure that allows a gastroenterologist to reduce the size of the stomach with endoscopic suturing.

The procedure is best suited to patients with a body mass index of at least 30, who haven’t been successful with diet and exercise alone, and who either don’t want to undergo, or are ineligible for, bariatric surgery.

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