Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato is by far the leading Italian private hospital group, with 18 hospitals, 5300 beds, over 4000 physicians and more than 4 million patients treated each year.

The National Institute for the Obesity Treatment makes part of Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato. It is a highly specialized center where a multidisciplinary team of physicians, technical staff and nurses offer to the Patient the most accurate and customized path in their fight against the excessive weight.

The team comprises over 40 members, each with the competence in a single area, covering:                        

• Surgical area
• Nutritional and metabolic area
• Psychiatric and psychological area
• Plastic surgery

All operations are performed with videolaparoscopic minimally invasive technique. This technique offers better aesthetic results and decreased post-surgery pain. In case of significant weight loss functional plastic surgery may also be a suggested solution.The Institute is directed by Dr. Alessandro Giovanelli, one of the most experienced physicians in Italy in the obesity treatment field. At this moment the National Institute for the Obesity Treatment is in charge of over 6000 operated patients. In the last years there was a significant increase in treated cases: The Institute grew from 350 operations in 2011 to over 750 in 2014, and exceeded 1200 in 2016.