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Getting minimally invasive surgery is no longer a major operation.

Family Health Associates (FHA) general surgeon, Dr. G. Scott Anderson, offers a wide range of surgical procedures, some that are even unique in the area. His work often features minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, which feature fewer complications and enhanced healing. Dr. Anderson is fellowship-trained at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was a resident at York Hospital, and is a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Anderson specializes in minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery. This offers a number of advantages to your patients:

• Smaller incisions
• Less pain
• Shorter hospital stays
• Quicker recovery
• Reduced hemorrhaging
• Reduced exposure to infections
• Convenience. 

Gastric Banding. Everything Patients Need for Healthy Weight Loss.

Lewistown Hospital offers many weight loss options and services for those battling obesity.  Dr. Anderson along with Virginia M. Wray, DO, CNSP, Program Director for FHA Center for Weight Management and Nutrition, work together to provide a healthy option for patients who struggle with weight loss.  Adjustable gastric banding is a type of weight loss surgery that helps morbidly obese patients achieve and maintain a healthier body weight.

Benefits of REALIZE Personalized Banding Solution:

• Inserted using a minimally invasive procedure.
• Adjustable to control rate and amount of weight loss.
• Permanent for long-term success.
• Provides gradual weight loss.
• Safer alternative to gastric bypass surgery.

Click here to learn more about bariatric services at Lewistown Hospital.

Wound Healing

Dr. Anderson is also a physician for the Lewistown Hospital Wound Healing Institute. Dr. Anderson along with other highly skilled and experienced physicians, nurses and therapists treat patients who suffer from diffuclt wounds on an outpatient basis in a specialized setting. Type of wound treatments include:

• Venous Disease
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Pressure Ulcers
• Surgical Wounds
• Burns and others

 
Dr. Anderson's surgical practice is based right here at Lewistown Hospital. You will appreciate the quality care and proximity to home.

G. Scott Anderson, MD
FHA Surgical Services
27 Sandy Lane, LeMed Suite 200
Lewistown, PA 17044
(717) 242-7981