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Dr. Raul Mirande

Dr. Raul MirandeDr. Raul Mirande was born and raised in Illinois, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and then attended the University of California's San Francisco School of Medicine where he received his medical degree.

His introduction to bariatric surgery began while completing his surgical internship and residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill.

Dr. Mirande is a board certified general surgeon, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. He specializes in general surgery, laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery.

He and his wife, Kari, an oncology clinical nurse specialist, have three children and live in Klamath Falls, Ore.

All patients of Dr. Mirande and Southern Oregon Center for Obesity Surgery are treated at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Recent renovations to the medical center as well as construction of the new inpatient care area provide specially equipped rooms for the comfort and convenience of bariatric patients.

Read more at Dr. Mirande's obesity forum.

John
Surgery in October 2005


"The bariatric trained nursing staff and Sky Lakes Medical Center was extremely professional, supportive, friendly and encouraging. Dr. Mirande and his staff were the same!"

"Overall, from start to present I have received awesome care."

"Since my surgery in the fall of 2005, I have lost 129 pounds and over 22 inches around my waist. I was squeezing into a size 60-inch pair of slacks and a size 6x shirt. I am now wearing size 48-inch pants and a 2x shirt."

"I am now off all medications prescribed prior to surgery. My eating habits are now very selective and I concentrate on protein, fruit and vegetables"
Sky Lakes Medical Center Southern Oregon Center for Obesity Surgery