Verne Weisberg, MD, FACS

I have been practicing Plastic Surgery in Portland Maine since 1988. Over the years, I became increasingly more frustrated with the challenges my patients had with their weight. I would often be at a loss as to how to counsel them to lose the weight they needed to lose to be healthy enough to have surgery, and in many instances I was convinced that if they could lose the weight that they really wanted to lose, they might not even need surgery.

In 2008, Dr. Voisine and I embarked on a journey to find a reliable, scientifically valid program to help people to lose weight, and subsequently to enhance their health. We started the Center For Weight Management and Wellness in the spring of 2009. What started as a program to help people to lose the weight they desired to lose turned into a thriving practice. Along the way, we became more educated about the underlying problems that lead to or are associated with weight gain and obesity. As we continued to see huge improvements in our patients' health (decreased cholesterol, decreased need for diabetes medication, decrease in blood pressure), we began to hear about the huge changes that were happening for them in their lives and how they felt. Witnessing firsthand the remarkable changes has been compelling, and what drives me now is the desire to help more people to discover their true, healthy bodies and selves. 

This ties in perfectly with Plastic Surgery, as I am experienced in and therefore can offer advanced techniques that are practiced in very few Centers, to tailor the excess skin after massive weight loss in a way that gives the individual back their sense of confidence and wholeness 

I am excited to continue to study obesity and related diseases, and am in the process of attaining Board Certification in Bariatric Medicine.