Weight Loss Surgery Near Plainfield, IL
Plainfield has grown faster than its medical offices, and bariatric surgery is one of the things residents still drive for. The good news is that the drive is short. Dr. Sofiane El Djouzi's Bolingbrook office, on the campus of University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital, is 15 to 25 minutes from downtown Plainfield up I-55 or along Route 126, and the hospital where he operates is on the same campus. The Darien office is a second option at 15 to 25 minutes by I-55.
Where can I get weight loss surgery near Plainfield?
With Dr. El Djouzi, a dual board-certified bariatric surgeon who has performed more than 2,400 procedures, at University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital. His Bolingbrook office is at 420 S. Schmidt Rd., Suite 235, in the professional building on the hospital campus, and his Darien office is at 2821 83rd Street. He performs the gastric sleeve, the gastric bypass, SADI-S and revision surgery robotically, and he runs a physician-led medical weight loss program for patients who want medication rather than surgery. Consultations are usually available within 48 hours, by video or in person.
How long is the drive from Plainfield to Bolingbrook and to Darien?
To the Bolingbrook office, 420 S. Schmidt Rd., Suite 235. About 10 miles, typically 15 to 25 minutes. From downtown Plainfield and the Route 59 side, take I-55 north to Route 53, south on 53 to Remington Boulevard, then Schmidt Road. From east Plainfield, Route 126, which is Main Street in town, east to Remington Boulevard is a mile shorter and about the same time. Bolingbrook office details.
To the Darien office, 2821 83rd Street. About 14 miles, typically 15 to 25 minutes, almost all of it on I-55 north to the Lemont Road exit, then north to 83rd Street. The office is in the Crossroads of Darien plaza at 83rd and Lemont. Darien office details.
Surgery day is a trip to the Bolingbrook hospital at 500 Remington Blvd, the same campus as the Bolingbrook office, so Plainfield patients know the route before the day comes.
Which office should you choose if you live in Plainfield?
Bolingbrook, in nearly every case. It is the closer office, it is where surgery happens, and the pre-operative visit there means you have already seen the campus. Choose Darien if you work in DuPage County and want a visit near work, or for the one body composition scan visit every medical weight loss patient has, because the scanner is in Darien. Your first consultation can also be by video from home, which many Plainfield parents prefer for the first conversation.
Where does surgery happen for Plainfield patients?
At University of Chicago AdventHealth Bolingbrook Hospital, 500 Remington Blvd, Bolingbrook. It is MBSAQIP-accredited, meaning it meets national standards for bariatric staffing, equipment and outcome tracking, and a Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery, which most Blue Cross PPO plans require for full benefits. Dr. El Djouzi performs nearly every operation robotically through a few small incisions. A sleeve usually means one night in the hospital, and the drive home to Plainfield the next morning is 15 to 25 minutes. How the robotic sleeve is done.
Which procedures do Plainfield patients come for?
Gastric sleeve. About 80 percent of the stomach is removed and a narrow tube remains, with no rerouting. It is the operation most patients in the practice have, and the staple line is checked with an endoscope before closing.
For a Plainfield patient it means surgery in Bolingbrook, one night on the bariatric floor, the first follow-up at Suite 235 about two weeks later, liquids for the first week and soft foods after, with most desk workers back at work within a week. Gastric sleeve surgery.
Gastric bypass. A small stomach pouch connected to a rerouted loop of small intestine. The stronger choice when type 2 diabetes is hard to control, when reflux is a problem, or when the starting BMI is high, with lifelong vitamins afterward.
The decision between sleeve and bypass is made after the pre-operative endoscopy, which Dr. El Djouzi performs himself: significant reflux or a large hiatal hernia points toward the bypass. Gastric bypass surgery.
Revision surgery. For a sleeve, bypass or band that stopped working, whatever surgeon did the first operation. Weight regain, a stretched sleeve, reflux after a sleeve and band slippage each have a different answer, chosen after endoscopy and imaging.
Plainfield revision patients often had their first operation years ago with a practice that has since closed or moved. Bring the operative report if you have it. If not, the office will help request it. Bariatric revision surgery.
Hernia repair. A hiatal hernia found at the endoscopy is repaired during the weight loss operation, and abdominal wall hernias are repaired robotically as their own procedure.
When a hernia and a weight loss operation can be combined, they are done at one hospital visit, which saves a second recovery. General and hernia surgery.
Can I get Wegovy or Zepbound near Plainfield 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, with a dietitian, weekly check-ins and body composition tracking. Plainfield patients use it three ways: as the first step when their BMI is below the surgical range, as the step before surgery when they are not ready, and as the fix for regain years after an operation. Enrollment costs $647 for the first month and $297 a month after that at the founding rate, with the medication filled separately at the pharmacy, where many PPO plans cover part of it. GLP-1 medication in Darien and Bolingbrook.
What happens at the first visit for Plainfield patients?
Plan on 45 to 60 minutes with Dr. El Djouzi, by video or at Suite 235 in Bolingbrook. He walks through your weight history and your health conditions and says which treatment fits, and he says so when the honest answer is medication rather than surgery. The insurance call has already been made by the time you sit down, so you leave with your plan's rules, your deductible and out-of-pocket maximum, and a next step in writing. Bring your insurance card, your medication list and any old operative or endoscopy reports.
Which insurance is accepted for patients from Plainfield?
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Cigna, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, plus Tricare and Medicare. The carrier's medical policy and your employer's plan document are not always the same, which is why we read yours before the first visit. What each plan requires. If your plan excludes bariatric surgery, the self-pay packages are published: $14,000 for a sleeve, $23,000 for a bypass, revisions quoted individually. Bariatric surgery cost.
Why do patients from Plainfield choose Dr. El Djouzi?
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, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Loyola University before private practice and has performed more than 2,400 bariatric procedures, nearly all of them robotic. He treats obesity with surgery and with medication from the same office, and consultations are with him, not a rotation. Hablamos Español.
Ready to find out where you stand?
A 45 to 60 minute consultation, by video or at the office nearer you, usually within 48 hours. We verify your insurance first.
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What else do patients from Plainfield ask?
Is there a closer surgeon in Plainfield itself?
Bariatric surgery needs an accredited hospital program, and the nearest to Plainfield where Dr. El Djouzi operates is AdventHealth Bolingbrook, 15 to 25 minutes away.
Which way is faster, I-55 or Route 126?
On a weekday morning they are within a few minutes of each other. Route 126 is shorter in miles. I-55 is the simpler route if you are coming from the Route 59 side of town.
Can I do the whole process without going to Darien?
Surgical patients can. Medical weight loss patients have one short scan and vitals visit in Darien before the first dose adjustment.
How long is recovery for a working parent?
Most sleeve patients are back at a desk job within a week and lifting normally after about two weeks. Physical jobs take longer, and Dr. El Djouzi gives you a date based on your work.
Do you take Blue Cross PPO and Aetna?
Yes, along with Cigna and UnitedHealthcare. We verify your specific plan before your first visit.