Ikram Kureshi, MD

Dr. Kureshi is a Harvard trained board certified weight loss doctor who performs weight loss surgery in the Sherman, Denison, Durant and McKinney. He is the founder of the Weight Loss Surgery Program at Texoma Medical Center. Dr. Kureshi is a native Texan who grew up in the Houston area and attended Rice University.

Obesity results from the excessive accumulation of fat that exceeds the body's skeletal and physical standards. Severe obesity, sometimes known as "morbid obesity", is defined according to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company height and weight tables as being 100lbs or 100% above ideal body weight.

Sleeve gastrectomy is a new procedure that induces weight loss by restricting food intake. With this procedure, the surgeon removes approximately 80% of the stomach laparoscopically so that the stomach takes the shape of a tube or "sleeve." This reduces the amount of food it takes to get full and also significantly decreases hunger.

The stomach is stapled to create a small 'gastric pouch' that is connected to the rest of the small intestine. This reduces the actual size of the 'functional' stomach from about 400 ml to a mere 15 to 20 ml and limits the amount of food consumed at one time, therefore 'restricting' food intake.

Bypassing the stomach and about 75 centimeters of the small intestines results in the malabsorption of fats and carbohydrates, which further adds to the efficacy of the procedure.The combination of malabsorption and restriction make gastric bypass an effective procedure for surgical weight-loss. Gastric bypass also results in an effective resolution of major illnesses that ordinarily accompany obesity.