Successful Results and Experience
Medical Bariatrics of America, associated
with Medical Bariatrics of Lexington, is now tracking over 15,000
patients that have been treated in the program. Several thousand
patients have been treated in Dr. Rader’s previous weight loss
practice with similar results. Bariatrak, the electronic
medical record system used by MBL, was designed by Dr. Rader in order
to track the specific needs of the bariatric patient as well as
to follow patient results. This program documents any changes
done in the program and the result in patients’ success to help
improve patient care and design the best treatment protocol for
you. Results have been so successful that Dr. Rader has been
invited to train other physicians around the nation how to
become successful weight loss physicians and how to
appropriately follow their patients’ progress. Dr. Swindler will
become one of the main east coast training mentors for
physicians training to be bariatricians. Her reputaion and
results havecaused her to be Lexington's premier bariatrician
and weightloss expert, featured on numerous local radio and TV
stations.
We know from our database tracking system that 97.7% of
patients in this program lose significant weight (on average 9.3
lbs) in their first month. 78% of patients lose enough weight in
just 3 months to reduce their long-term risk of diabetes by
greater than 50%. Patients that lose weight in the program have
improvements in their lipid profile (cholesterol and
triglycerides) equal to or better than commonly used cholesterol
medicines. Many patients are able to come off blood pressure,
cholesterol, diabetic, antidepressive, heartburn, and other
medications.
Patients have now lost over 71,555 combined pounds in just their
first month in our program, and over 210,000 pounds total.
Numerous physicians, nurses, and other health care providers are patients in the program.
Professionalism
The American Society of Bariatric
physicians has a set of 15 criteria “principles of excellence”
that all bariatricians are encouraged to follow. These include
always putting patients’ welfare above all, avoiding value
judgments concerning a patient’s behavior, complying with all
state and federal laws, providing adequate and truthful
information to the patient about their disease, and cooperating
fully with other physicians in providing medical care to every
patient.
Scientific Knowledge
As a specialist in weight loss medicine,
Dr. Swindler has passed all written and oral examinations by the
American Board of Bariatric Medicine along with site review to
be board certified in bariatric medicine. The office is in
compliance with all ASBP and DEA guidelines and laws. National
Conferences are attended by Dr. Swindler and members of her
staff twice a year to maintain current knowledge on advances in
obesity. Dr. Rader has passed these same exams and has been a
lecturer at the national conferences since 2003. Drs. Rader and
Swindler constantly research all new information on weight
loss. They work with other physicians to help maintain the best
patient care possible. Dr. Swindler has spoken to numerous
physicians throughout Kentucky on current weight loss practices
and has truly become Lexington’s weight loss expert, just as Dr.
Rader, who mainly practices in Idaho, has become Idaho’s weight
loss expert. They both have been published in the fields of
research and patient care.
Compassion and Understanding
Upon a first visit to the clinic, Dr.
Swindler shares how the disease of obesity has affected her and
her family. She saw her grandfather die of heart disease and
diabetes that could have been prevented with weight loss. She
helped her father lose about 60lbs after realizing he was the
oldest living male is his family as all others had died
prematurely from heart disease. She also helped herself prior to
entering the field of bariatrics to lose weight and to decrease
her bad cholesterol from twice the normal amount (LDL of 197) to
normal range (about 80). After years of training in family
medicine and working in various emergency rooms treating chronic
and acute obesity related diseases such as high blood pressure,
diabetes, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and heart disease, she
realized how most of these conditions could have been cured or
prevented if obesity was appropriately treated. She also saw how
much weight loss training was lacking in the medical field along
with necessary patient education time, forcing patients to rely
on programs not supervised by physicians and using medications
and herbs obtained illegally or over the internet without regard
to their current medical history. Dr. Swindler has therefore
made Bariatric medicine her passion, and it is her goal to
uphold expertise in this field, promote and reflect a healthy
lifestyle, and provide safe and effective weight loss and
maintenance to all who desire to combat or prevent this disease.
Her experiences have allowed her to be empathetic and
understanding towards both the emotional and physical well-being
of her patients.
Prices that are affordable to most
everyone.
