Dr. Todd Belott specializes in weight-loss surgery and has over 16 years experience. His focus is helping patients become healthy through lifestyle changes, with surgery as the first step toward a new life. The goal for patients is not only weight-loss, but also reducing or eliminating health problems associated with obesity. These include chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and lipid disorders. Dr. Belott also specialize in minimally-invasive - also called laparoscopic - procedures, which typically result in less scarring and anesthesia as well as a faster recovery (compared to traditional surgery). More than 98% of their patients are discharged either the same day as surgery or with one overnight stay in the hospital. Most are able to return to work within one-to-two weeks of their surgeries.