Sheila Partridge, MD, FACS, FASMBS
General and Bariatric Surgeon
Medical Director for The Center for Weight Loss Surgery and Associate Chair for Surgical Quality
Susana Wishnia, MD, FACS, FASMBS
General and Bariatric Surgeon
Additional Team Members
In addition to our bariatric surgeons, dietitians, licensed psychiatric specialists, PA-C and nurses are involved in your care from the beginning, and remain available for lifelong follow-up care. We also offer several weight loss surgery support groups each month.
Members of our NWH team have served on the Expert Panel for Weight Loss Surgery at the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, which established the standards for bariatric surgery in Massachusetts. Dr. Partridge is a member of the national Access to Care Committee for the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and serves as the Massachusetts State Access to Care Representative (STAR). Our staff members have also published their work in peer-reviewed journals on high-quality bariatric surgery practices.
Dr. Partridge Discusses Weight Loss Surgery
In an article from Newton-Wellesley’s Family Healthsource newsletter, Dr. Sheila Partridge, Medical Director of the Center for Weight Loss Surgery, discusses bariatric surgery and the Center for Weight Loss Surgery. Download the article.