The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile as a pear-shaped sac which it can release to help digestion after a fatty meal.
Trust is the most important component of the relationship between medical staff and patients. The patients need to trust their doctors, they need to know that they’re placing their lives in capable hands. Hands belonging to people who know what they are doing and who care about every single person whose path they cross in their line of work. Patient experience relies on the competence, support, and kindness of the hospital staff. Dr. Belsley works with his staff to ensure patients have a good understanding of the information related to their condition in order to build trusting relationships.
The hospital staff needs to understand the patients and their individual need. Attention to each individual person’s need must persist. The staff, from the nurses and orderlies to physicians and surgeons, needs to understand the medical conditions of their patients so they can apply all the knowledge they have to help patients throughout their hospital experience.
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is gaining popularity as a primary weight loss operation in select patients. Currently our protocol includes a swallow study the first post-operative day. This study helps delineate the geometry of the pouch and ensures that everything is optimal prior to starting…
A view of two patients discussing dieting options and philosophies during one of Dr. Belsley's bariatric support groups. Lasting weight-loss requires an understanding of each individual's strengths and weaknesses.
Bariatric support groups should not be held in a lecture hall but rather in a more intimate setting. Dr. Belsley and Shara Lazar, RD hold these groups weekly. Although materials are often provided, ideally the warm atmosphere facilitates participation from all.
Dr. Belsley insists that each of his patients attend two of his support groups prior to the operation. These groups help both the patients and the doctor understand each other and the challenges that await after surgery.
Fluoroscopy is a radiological technique that allows a radiologist to obtain a series of images to understand the flow of material through a body structure. In this image, on of the radiologists at St. Luke's hospital is performing a swallow-study using fluoroscopy after a laparoscopic sleeve…
Dr. Belsley works very closely with Shara Lazar, RD in order to achieve an optimal understanding of the many dietary issues involved with bariatric patients. She is shown in the foreground on the right. Dr. Belsley's office offers support groups weekly in both English and Spanish.
The waiting area of the Minimally Invasive Surgery suite on the seventh floor of Brodksy is shown. The constantly evolving space is close to many diagnostic facilities on the West Side of Manhattan.
Dr. Belsley performs bariatric surgery at St. Luke's Hospital which is a hospital accredited by the American College of Surgeons as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. This accreditation and the operative volume associated ensure that staff in both the operating room and on the surgical floors…