Featured Experts

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  Stacy Halprin

  Stacey Halprin survived an incredible weight loss journey. She has appeared on Oprah and the Morning Show w/ Mike and Juliet (FOX-TV), a number of radio shows, has been showcased in renowned magazines, and is now the author of the newly released book Winning After Losing.

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  Dr. Philip A. Weber

  Dr. Weber attended Brown University Medical School and completed a fellowship in Gastrointestinal Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in addition to Bariatrics at Hackensack University Medical Center. He then joined Dr. Homan and his father, Dr. Carl P. Weber, in private practice in 2001.

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  Henry Sobo M.D.

  Dr. Sobo was raised in Brooklyn, New York and he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1977. He began his medical training at the University Autonomus of Guadalajara and completed it at SUNY Downstate, New York. In 1985 he completed his residency training in Internal Medicine which was done at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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  Bob Pargament

  Bob Pargament is a Certified Hypnotist and owner of The Westchester Hypnosis Center in Armonk, N.Y., located just 40 minutes north of Manhattan. He's authored numerous articles on Hypnosis and has been profiled on radio and television.

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  Barbara Thompson

  Barbara Thomson struggled with her weight for years. After trying countless diets and weight-loss options, and suffering from chronic back pain, she decided to have weight-loss surgery. As she went through her journey, she was determined to find out as much as she could about WLS.  She quickly learned that the information was out there, but nowhere was it brought together in one place. Eventually, she decided to write a book entitled "Weight Loss Surgery: Finding the Thin Person Hiding Inside You."

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  Aleta St. James

  Aleta St. James is dedicated to helping others in their personal transformations. Over the past 25 years, she has studied with some of the world's most powerful spiritual masters and has combined both eastern and western techniques to create her signature LIFE SHIFTING program, called "Energy Transformations."

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  Lori Sperling Nevins, LCSW

  Lori Sperling Nevins, LCSW, is a clinical social worker and Bariatric Program Coordinator, with New York Bariatrics. She assisted Dr. William Homan, along with Valerie Ross Homan, LCSW, in developing a holistic team approach to pre-operative surgery preparation. Her team prepares bariatric patients for surgery and maintains patient follow-up in a supportive medical, nutritional and psychosocial aftercare program meant to maximize surgical outcomes.