HEALTH BRIEFS
GB Hospital Auxiliary seeks teen volunteers

Do you know a teen interested in a career in health care or a high school teen that needs volunteer hours for scholarship?

The Gulf Breeze Hospital Auxiliary will hold an orientation for teenage volunteers on Tuesday, May 29, in the Education Training conference room of the hospital.

Teens must be in high school and 15-17 years of age. An interview, parental permission, and a recommendation from a high school counselor is required before attending the orientation.

Call Faye Cibula at 932- 5270 by May 22 for an interview appointment and required paperwork.

Questions answered at 'Lap Band' surgery seminar

Dr. Jeffrey L. Lord, a specialist in laparoscopic weight loss surgery, will present "Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?" on Tuesday, May 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Hospital Conference Center in Pensacola.

The only board-certified bariatric surgeon in Northwest Florida with advanced fellowship training in weight loss surgery, Dr. Lord serves as director of the Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss. He has special expertise in minimally invasive surgical weight loss procedures. Dr. Lord and the Institute for Surgical Weight Loss can perform two types of weight loss surgery that use small incisions.

The first is laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, which involves a permanent rerouting of the digestive system that leaves patients with a small stomach pouch. The surgery creates a bypass that reroutes food around a portion of the small intestine.

The second, newer approach performed at Sacred Heart is adjustable gastric banding. Using a laparoscope, the surgeon places an inflatable band around the stomach, creating a small upper pouch at the top, with restricted passage to the rest of the stomach. This pouch fills quickly and creates a feeling of fullness.

Reservations are required for the seminar. To make a reservation or to obtain more information, please call (850) 416-1628.