Weight Loss Surgery in Bolingbrook and Romeoville, IL
If you live in Bolingbrook or Romeoville, the surgeon, the office and the hospital are all inside town limits. Dr. Sofiane El Djouzi's Bolingbrook office is in the professional building on the campus of University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital at Remington Boulevard and Schmidt Road, 5 to 10 minutes from anywhere in Bolingbrook and about 10 minutes from Romeoville. Surgery happens in the hospital next door. The Darien office, 10 to 20 minutes up I-55, is the second option.
Where can I get weight loss surgery in Bolingbrook?
At University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital, 500 Remington Blvd, with Dr. El Djouzi, a dual board-certified bariatric surgeon who has performed more than 2,400 procedures. His Bolingbrook office at 420 S. Schmidt Rd., Suite 235, is on the same campus, so a consultation, the pre-operative visit, the operation and the follow-ups can all happen within a few hundred yards of each other. He also runs the practice's medical weight loss program for patients who want medication rather than surgery.
How long is the drive from Bolingbrook and Romeoville to each office?
To the Bolingbrook office, 420 S. Schmidt Rd., Suite 235. From the center of Bolingbrook it is about 2 miles, typically 5 to 10 minutes: Lily Cache Lane or Boughton Road to Schmidt Road, then south to the hospital campus. From the Promenade and the Weber Road side, take Remington Boulevard east. From Romeoville, Route 53 north to Remington Boulevard is about 10 minutes. Bolingbrook office details.
To the Darien office, 2821 83rd Street. About 7 miles, typically 10 to 20 minutes: I-55 north to Lemont Road, then north to 83rd Street. Boughton Road east to Lemont Road is the surface-street alternative at 12 to 18 minutes. Darien office details.
Which office should you choose if you live in Bolingbrook?
Bolingbrook, for almost everyone. It is the closer office, it is where surgery happens, and the pre-operative visit there lets you see the campus before surgery day. The Darien office makes sense if you work in DuPage County, if you want a Friday morning slot there, or if you are a medical weight loss patient, because the body composition scanner is in Darien and every new medical patient has one short scan visit there. Consultations can also be by video.
Where does surgery happen?
Next door, at University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital. It is MBSAQIP-accredited and a Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery, which is the designation most Blue Cross PPO plans require for full benefits. Dr. El Djouzi performs nearly every operation robotically. A sleeve usually means one night in the hospital and, for most patients, a return to desk work within a week. Being five minutes from home for that night, and for every follow-up, is the thing Bolingbrook patients mention most. How the robotic sleeve is done.
Which procedures are available in Bolingbrook?
Gastric sleeve. Removes about 80 percent of the stomach and leaves a narrow tube, with nothing rerouted. It is the operation most patients in the practice have. The staple line is checked with an endoscope before closing.
For a Bolingbrook patient the logistics are as simple as they get: surgery at the hospital on Remington Boulevard, one night on the bariatric floor, home in ten minutes, and the two-week follow-up back at Suite 235. Gastric sleeve surgery.
Gastric bypass. A small pouch and a rerouted small intestine. The stronger choice for type 2 diabetes that is hard to control, for reflux, and for a higher starting BMI, with lifelong vitamins afterward.
The pre-operative endoscopy decides between the two operations more often than patients expect: significant reflux or a large hiatal hernia points toward the bypass, and that endoscopy is done by Dr. El Djouzi himself. Gastric bypass surgery.
Revision surgery. For a sleeve, bypass or band that stopped working. Weight regain, a stretched sleeve, reflux after a sleeve and band slippage each have a different answer.
Bolingbrook is a convenient place to have a revision evaluated, because the endoscopy and the imaging that decide the plan happen on the same campus, and because the practice takes revision patients whose first surgery was done by another surgeon anywhere. Bariatric revision surgery.
Hernia repair. A hiatal hernia found at the pre-operative endoscopy is repaired during the weight loss operation. Abdominal wall hernias are repaired robotically as their own procedure.
When a hernia and a weight loss operation can sensibly be combined, they are done at one hospital visit. General and hernia surgery.
What should Bolingbrook patients know about surgery day?
Surgery day starts at the hospital, not at the office. You arrive at University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital at the time the hospital gives you, usually early morning, and follow the arrival instructions the hospital sends you. A sleeve takes about an hour and a half in the operating room, you walk the halls the same day, and most patients go home the next morning. From the hospital to any Bolingbrook address is a ten-minute drive, which matters on that first day home. The two-week follow-up is back at Suite 235, on the same campus, and later visits can be in person or by video.
Can I get Wegovy or Zepbound in Bolingbrook without surgery?
Yes. The medical weight loss program is prescribed and managed by Dr. El Djouzi at the Bolingbrook office, in Darien or by video. It pairs the medication with a dietitian, weekly check-ins and body composition tracking, and it is the right first step for many Bolingbrook patients: those below the surgical BMI, those not ready for surgery, and those who regained weight years after an operation. Enrollment is $647 for the first month and then $297 a month at the founding rate. The medication is a separate prescription and many PPO plans cover part of it. GLP-1 medication in Darien and Bolingbrook.
What happens at the first visit for Bolingbrook patients?
A 45 to 60 minute consultation with Dr. El Djouzi, at Suite 235, in Darien or by video. He reviews your weight history and health conditions and tells you which treatment fits, including when it is medication rather than surgery. Your insurance has been verified before you arrive, so the visit ends with your plan's requirements, your out-of-pocket numbers and a written next step. Many Bolingbrook patients book the pre-operative visit for the same campus and walk past the hospital entrance they will use on surgery day.
Which insurance is accepted for Bolingbrook patients?
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Cigna, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, plus Tricare and Medicare. We verify your plan before your first visit and read its bariatric rules, because the carrier's policy and your employer's plan document are not always the same thing. What each plan requires. Self-pay packages are published on the cost page: $14,000 for a sleeve, $23,000 for a bypass, revisions quoted individually.
Why do patients from Bolingbrook choose Dr. El Djouzi?
Because the surgeon who operates at their hospital is also the one who sees them before and after. Dr. El Djouzi is board-certified in General Surgery and in Obesity Medicine, fellowship-trained in advanced gastrointestinal, minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and a former Assistant Professor of Surgery at Loyola University. More than 2,400 procedures, nearly all robotic. Consultations are with him. Hablamos Español.
Ready to come in?
Consultations usually within 48 hours, at Schmidt Road, in Darien or by video. We verify your insurance first.
No referral needed · Hablamos Español · Most major insurance accepted
What else do patients from Bolingbrook and Romeoville ask?
Is the office inside the hospital?
No. It is in the professional building on the hospital campus, Suite 235, with its own parking lot.
I live in Romeoville. Which office?
Bolingbrook, about 10 minutes north on Route 53.
Can I walk from the office to the hospital on surgery day?
Surgery day starts at the hospital itself, not at the office. Follow the hospital's arrival instructions.
Do you take Blue Cross PPO at AdventHealth Bolingbrook?
Yes. The hospital is a Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery, which most Blue Cross PPO plans require.
I had a sleeve elsewhere and regained weight. Can you see me in Bolingbrook?
Yes. Bring your operative report if you have it. The endoscopy and imaging that decide between medication and a revision are done on this campus.