Surgical Specialists of Louisiana

Surgical Specialists of Louisiana is a Louisiana-based surgical group focused on bariatric and minimally invasive general surgery services. The practice is best known for weight-loss surgery, including gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, duodenal switch, and revisional bariatric procedures, and it also offers medically supervised weight-management services through its MyWeight program. The group has promoted itself through the WhyWeight brand and has operated clinics in Covington, Slidell, and Metairie, serving patients across southeast Louisiana. In July 2024, its three clinics were acquired by Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, and the practice now appears to operate within that network as a commercial healthcare services business rather than a drug-development company.