Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Community Healthcare - (Page 4)

Staff at the Healthy 4 Life Center include (back row, left to right) bariatric surgeon Hung Dang, D.O.; medical director Paul Stanish, M.D., FACS; certified physician nutrition specialist Omar Shamsi, M.D. Pictured front row, left to right: Lisa Almarez, R.N., CBN; Lorri Field, R.N., BSN, director of bariatric services; Holly Raimondi, PA-C; and Laurie Edwards, R.N., CBN. a healthy Weight for Healthy 4 Life Center offers a full-spectrum approach to healthy living By Mary Fetsch M ost people don’t associate watching television with losing weight. But for Sherry Syron of Valparaiso, a well-timed television show spurred her into action. “It was in December 2009,” she recalls. “I had been suffering from hypertension, diabetes, osteoarthritis and was told by my physician that if I didn’t change my lifestyle, I was going to experience a major coronary event within the next five years. Even then, I wasn’t willing to admit I should do something about it.” But a show on the Discovery Channel about bariatric surgery changed her mind. “It got me to start thinking seriously about it,” she says. “I decided to research it more, and after attending a weight loss seminar given by Dr. Stanish, I thought maybe this could be for me. I had tried everything else!” Li 4 Vim & Vigor • Fall 2 011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Community Healthcare

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Community Healthcare
Contents
Community Message
Community Briefs
Special: A Healthy Weight for Life
Healthy Hues
The New Survivors
First (Aid) Things First
Find Your Groove
Cover Story: Carrie Underwood
Stay in Circulation
‘X’ Marks the Spot
Pregnancy Predictors
Play It Safe
Before the Fall
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Catherine Hospital
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Mary Medical Center
SPOTLIGHT ON: Community Hospital
The Big Picture

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Community Healthcare