Patient Guidance

  • Your very own Patient Facilitator to help guide you through the decision making process – they are dedicated to your education and preparation

  • A Patient Education Coordinator to help you reach and maintain your weight loss goals through various insightful documents full of facts and tips

  • Online Patient Support from a large Bandster community on our private Facebook Support Group.

  • Full service transportation provided for your surgery from start to finish – to/from airport, US/Mexican border, between hospital and hotel

Experience & Dedication

  • Affordability – with our cost usually at a fraction of our US competitors

  • Dr. Kuri and his surgical team have specialized in Bariatric Surgery for over 17 years.  They are an experienced surgical team with years of experience and knowledge of the Lap-Band, Gastric Sleeve, & Lap-Band Revision Surgery.

  • Dr. Kuri insists on meeting all of his patients the day prior to surgery – he conducts a lengthy discussion and question and answer session with his patients preparing them for the changes they will face

  • Surgery performed not in a clinic but at a state-of-the-art $70 million, full-service hospital

Safety & Affordability

  • Affordability – with our cost usually at a fraction of our US competitors

  • We currently partner with two financial lending companies, one for U.S. patients and the second for Canadian patients.  Patients may apply online and determine their eligibility within minutes.

  • Over 6,000 procedures performed by Dr Kuri and his experienced staff over the past 20 years.

Access to Dr Kuri

  • Dr. Kuri fields ALL evening and weekend phone calls.

  • Bi-lingual on-site staff to help with any language barrier concerns

  • Constant communication from your Patient Facilitator and our team is provided to the patients and their companions accompanying them for surgery

  • Patients love Dr Kuri and often form a life-long relationship with him as their surgeon.

Patient Support

  • Extensive aftercare program including free fills for life, access to our online patient support, helpful post surgery educational emails and documents, help with facilitating support groups at home, as well as a compiled list of fill providers across the US and Canada for additional support close to homes

  • A designated, experienced Patient Facilitator is only a phone call away when questions arise

  • Timeless opportunity for support from our Patient Education Coordinator who is specialized in nutrition, and exercise and lifestyle coaching, which is beneficial to all phases of the Bandster journey