South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss Center 1124 Oakleigh Road, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

"Worse experience ever! Mu surgery got rescheduled three times. The first time because of covid. Noone called me to tell me and no one follup afterwards. The second time the day of surgery they wanted 5000 but noone mentioned this at pre admit. So the third I paid 600 but didn't get the surgery he tore my liver. No one followed up but he mentioned others treatment and applying some of that co pay towa4ds that but no one seems to know nothing. I git taken for over a 1000 with all the back and forward with visits co pay repeat labs and classes."

"My name is Denise Biggs and I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to be A patient of such a wonderful weight loss facility. The staff is very friendly and Dr. Avara is very informative and very personable. This weight loss Sarah has changed my life in a pack of it in such healthy ways. Below I have attached my before and afterPictures of my fitness journey and now I am a certified personal trainer. God bless everyone at that wonderful facility"

"Every visit I have been spoken to with compassion, care and understanding. Many of the staff have had the procedures offered (even recently) so they truly understand what it feels like to be overweight and/or embarrassed by your size. I am so glad that I've come to this team, Dr. Payne and his staff are wonderful."

"Dr. Avara, Dr. Payne, and their staff at SMS Weight Loss Center are beyond knowledgeable in their field. keeping up with the latest advancements in technology and medicine, they are sure to top anyone else around! I felt like a part of the team, the family, the entire way through! The entire clinic, from the receptionists to the dietitians, everyone, just friendly and welcoming."

"The surgeons and entire SMSSWLC staff are wonderful from the pre-surgery preparation and training to the post-surgery care and support. This support is critical for a bariatric patient to be successful battling and recovering from long term morbid obesity. They even have a monthly support group which I have rarely missed. I had a VSG in March 2015 and I'm very pleased with my new tool to help get my weight problem under control. I went from size 4XL shirts and 54 pants to XL shirts and 42 pants. Bariatric surgery is not taking the easy way to weight loss; it still is and always will be a daily struggle; no bones about it it's still work. But in my case it was life saving. And I will be forever grateful and appreciative to the surgeons and staff of the SMSSWLC."