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Listen to Dr. Robin Blackstone's radio interview from NPR's On Point about weight loss surgery.

Dr. David Maccabee discussing Obesity & Bariatric Surgery Options on Central Coast News

Marian Surgeons Perform Hospital’s First Adrenal Gland Tumor Surgery Removal

CENTRAL COAST, CA – (March 7, 2013) – Recently, David Maccabee, M.D., F.A.C.S, and Daniel Oh, M.D., F.A.C.S., performed Marian Regional Medical Center’s (MRMC) first Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy surgery – the surgical removal of a rare adrenal gland tumor. Due to MRMC’s recruitment of expert surgeons and investments in the most advanced surgical and medical technology, Santa Maria resident Alex Ochoa, 31, was able to have this rare tumor removed in his home town. Only 300 adrenal gland cancer cases...
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Nipomo resident’s weight loss surgery a life changer

(June 14, 2013) - Scott Ellis didn’t think he was fat until his doctor brought up the subject of weight loss surgery during a routine checkup.The 56-year-old software engineer from Nipomo knew he had put on some weight over the past few years and was getting heavy, but obese? Not likely. Dr. Greg Wolff, Ellis’ primary care physician, told him it was time to do something drastic about his weight...
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