Crystal Run Healthcare Expands Bariatric Surgery Program to Newburgh and Monroe
Welcomes Bariatric Surgeon, John D. Powell, JR., MD, FACS
Middletown, N.Y. – August 2, 2018 – Crystal Run Healthcare is pleased to announce the expansion of its Surgical Weight Loss program to Newburgh and Monroe with the addition of Fellowship-trained Bariatric Surgeon, John D. Powell, Jr., MD, FACS. Dr. Powell joins seven year veteran, Seth C. Judd, MD, FACS, FASMBS, to offer patients even more access to Crystal Run’s comprehensive Surgical Weight Loss program with procedures performed at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.
The Surgical Weight Loss Program at Crystal Run Healthcare is designed for patients who have exhausted traditional methods of achieving lasting weight loss. The fellowship-trained surgeons work closely with skilled staff and other specialists to ensure patients understand the lifestyle changes that will be required before and after surgery and provide close follow-up care to ensure patients’ physical and emotional needs are continuously met. Each patient is given a personalized program to offer the support and counseling needed for a safe, steady weight loss. Procedures offered include laparoscopic gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery, and gastric bypass surgery, in addition to revisional bariatric surgery. To learn more about obesity and related health conditions, visit Crystal Run’s bariatric surgery page for more information.
John D. Powell, Jr., MD, FACS, earned his Medical Degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, WI and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and completed Fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatrics at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA and Pinnacle Health System in Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Powell specializes in Bariatric Surgery and is seeing patients in Monroe and Newburgh.
Seth C. Judd, MD, FACS, FASMBS, earned his Medical Degree from University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine in Koolbaai, Sint Maarten and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and completed Fellowship training in Bariatric Surgery at Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. Dr. Judd joined Crystal Run’s Surgical Weight Loss program in Middletown and Rock Hill in 2011, and serves as the Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Orange Regional Medical Center. Dr. Judd specializes in Bariatric Surgery and General Surgery and is seeing patients in Middletown, Rock Hill, Newburgh and Monroe.