Event to feature 16 weight-loss surgery patients is Sept. 10
Prepare to be amazed at Kennedy Health’s Weight-Loss Surgery Fall Fashion Show featuring bariatric success stories at the Cherry Hill Mall (Grand Court between the Macy’s and Nordstrom wings) on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 1 to 3 p.m.
This celebratory event will showcase 16 female and male weight-loss surgery patients — including three Kennedy employees — who’ve lost a combined total of 1,778 pounds since their procedures with one of Kennedy’s bariatric surgeons: Dr. Marc Neff, Dr. Louis Balsama, Dr. Adeshola Fakulujo or Dr. Adam Goldstein.
As the crowd of onlookers watches these “redesigned” models strut down the runway wearing the latest women’s and men’s fall fashions available at the Cherry Hill Mall, look up at the big screen to see the models’ “before” pictures and marvel in the impressive progress they’ve made since undergoing weight-loss surgery.
“My ‘wow’ moment was when I was able to run from the ground floor of the hospital to the roof and could still talk,” says 51-year-old Kenneth Mallette from Kennedy Health’s Maintenance Department. Since undergoing bariatric weight-loss surgery in June 2015, Mallette has lost 124 pounds.
Interested in learning more about surgical weight loss? Kennedy’s bariatric surgeons and support team will be in attendance to answer questions. Seasons 52, based at the Cherry Hill Mall, will provide small tastings and the mall’s Aveda store will offer product samples at the event.
Kennedy University Hospital’s Surgical Weight Loss Program is an accredited Comprehensive Center through the National Metabolic Bariatric Surgery and Quality Improvement Program. For more information, contact Kennedy Health’s Center for Surgical Weight Loss at (856) 346–6470 or visit www.kennedybariatric.org/fashionshow .
