Founded in 2002 by Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz, the Surgical Weight Loss Institute provides quality care for patients seeking significant weight loss. SWLI offers all of the available forms of bariatric surgery.

• Dedicated to bariatric surgery, not doing it part time.
• Performing more bariatric surgery than any surgeon in SF.
• 10 year experience of nearly 2500 bariatric surgeries.
• Medical Director at two separate hospitals
• Speaks and teaches  nationaly and internationally about bariatric suregry
• On the SRC committee that evaluates the applications for Center of Excellence from around the country.
• One of 35 proctors used by Ethicon EndoSurgery nationwide to teach other surgeons about the safe and efficacious use of the Realize band.
• Some of the lowest complications rates in the country as evaluated by Healthgrades.

Our program awarded #1 Bariatric Surgery program in the state of Fl for 2007-2008 by Healthgrades.  and the top 5% nationwide. The only program to win the Healthgrades Specialty Excellence award for Bariatric Surrgery three years in a row in SF.