The Metabolic & Weight Management Center

The Metabolic & Weight Management Center offers both surgical and non-surgical medical weight management services and a comprehensive approach to weight loss that is tailored to each patient’s specific goals. A collaborative effort by Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, FirstHealth of the Carolinas and Pinehurst Medical Clinic, the Center is unique to the area and one of the few comprehensive metabolic centers in North Carolina.

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Non-Surgical Weight Management

Weight-Loss Surgery

Surgical weight-loss options include Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy. These procedures are done with minimally-invasive (laparoscopic) or robotic technology. Both surgeries can help people living with morbid obesity achieve significant weight loss.

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Revision Surgery for Weight-Loss

For individuals who have previously undergone weight-loss surgery and are facing challenges such as weight regain, insufficient weight loss, anatomic complication, or intolerable gastric reflux disease (GERD), revision surgery may be an option.

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Non-Surgical Weight Management

In the non-surgical weight management program, you will work with the collaborative team and Pinehurst Medical Clinic’s board certified physicians and diplomates of the American Board of Obesity Medicine who provide metabolic wellness and weight management on a foundation of evidence-based medicine. Non-surgical treatment may also include lab tests, medication management and the treatment of metabolic diseases.

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What Makes Us Different?

The Metabolic & Weight Management Center is recognized as a Center of Excellence by Optum, a Blue Distinction Center+ for Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The comprehensive care team is here to support you every step of the way. Our staff includes:

  • Two Board Certified Bariatric Surgeons with Pinehurst Surgical Clinic
  • Two Board Certified Obesity Medicine Physicians with Pinehurst Medical Clinic
  • Registered Dietitians
  • Certified Bariatric Nurses
  • Program Specialists
  • Insurance Navigators
  • Behavioral Health
  • Nurse Educators
  • Financial Counselors

What Our Patients Are Saying

Jesse Weiss

Gastric Bypass Patient

Jesse Weiss

Jesse Weiss has spent nine years caring for others as a nurse on the inpatient oncology unit at Moore Regional Hospital. When his own health reached a breaking point, he turned to weight-loss surgery and discovered something life changing—the power to reclaim his health, restore his joy and inspire his family.

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Glenn Sutton

Gastric Bypass Patient

Glenn Sutton

Over the last few years, Glenn Sutton of Hope Mills, N.C., experienced a decline in his health due to his increasing weight. Five extra pounds turned into 10, then 20, and soon he felt completely out of control. Diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure became his constant companions. On June 18, 2024, Glenn underwent gastric bypass surgery. In under two months, he lost 46 pounds.

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Gastric Sleeve PatientJesse Weiss

Gastric Bypass PatientGlenn Sutton

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