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Brigham Women's/Faulkner Support Group changes 2012



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I received this email last week concerning changes to the support group meetings

~Mel

Dear Support Group Participants,

The Program for Weight Loss Surgery at Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals (BW/F PWLS) is dedicated to providing excellent care and support to all of our patients.

In order to best serve our patients, the gastric lap band and gastric bypass support groups will be merging to allow each post-operative patient and surgical candidate to get the most out of each support group.

There will continue to be one support group held at Brigham and Women's Hospital and at Faulkner Hospital each month for the convenience of our patients. As always, you are welcome to attend a support group at any location.

The support group held at Brigham and Women's Hospital will take place the 1st Tuesday of each month from 6-8pm in the Carrie Hall Conference Room.

The support group held at Faulkner Hospital will take place the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6-8pm in Atrium 2. As always, please check with the information desks to confirm the location.

The new schedule at Brigham and Women's Hospital will be effective December 2011, while the new schedule at Faulkner Hospital will be effective January 2012. Please see the attached support group schedule for 2011/2012 dates.

In addition, we would like to announce that we will be holding a Winter cooking demonstration at Brigham and Women's Hospital for all support group participants on Tuesday, December 6th at 6:00pm.

We look forward to working with you in the New Year and hope you will share the updated schedule with your BW/F PWLS friends and family.

All the best,

Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals

Program for Weight Loss Surgery

2012

Faulkner Hospital Location

Gastric Bypass, Band, and Sleeve

6:00-8:00pm

3rd Wednesday of the month

Atrium 2*

January 18th

February 15th

March 21st

April 18th

May 16th

June 20th

July 18th

August 15th

September 19th

October 17th

November 21st

December 19th

DIRECTIONS to Atrium 2 Conference Room: For Centre Street/Atrium entrance, walk straight past the first bank of elevators and down the corridor. At the end of the corridor, take the elevators on your right to the 2nd floor. Turn left and Atrium 2 will be on your left. For the 3rd floor rear entrance take the elevators on your left to the 2nd floor, turn left and walk down the corridor for until you see Atrium 2 on the left. Please note that this group is sometimes held in Atrium 1 or Suite 4420, which will be indicated at the Information Desks.

2012 Brigham and Women's Location

Gastric Bypass, Band, and Sleeve

1st Tuesday of the month

Carrie Hall

January 3rd

February 7th

March 6th

April 3rd

May 1st

June 5th

July 3rd

August 7th

September 4th

October 2nd

November 6th

December 4th

DIRECTIONS to Carrie Hall: Enter at the 75 Francis Street entrance. Bear to left and take the elevators or stairs up to the second floor. Follow the main hallway down the Brigham and Women's "Pike". Follow the Pike past the 45 &15 Francis St entrance. You will see Carrie Hall at the end of the second floor hallway.

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