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About Weight Doctors®

Media library, team, partners and careers: here you will find everything about Weight Doctors – and the direct route to us if you are interested in a treatment.

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  • 60.000+treatments supported since 2007
  • 23Locations in 6 countries
  • 39doctors in 5 countries
  • 3.087Reviews of the Weight Doctors® group on ProvenExpert

Treatments and team: figures from Weight Doctors®. Reviews: ProvenExpert. As of October 2026.

Our mission

Weight loss with a medical plan – since 2007.

Obesity is not a question of willpower. It is a chronic disease – and it can be treated.

Our aim is to combat excess weight as a global health problem: with specialists at your side and a plan that suits your body – from nutrition consultation and drug therapy through endoscopic stomach reduction to bariatric surgery.

  • Since 2007

    Experience from over 60,000 treatments

    It began in 2007 with the gastric balloon. Today we provide support at all locations to the same quality standards – and our wealth of experience grows by more than 5,000 treatments every year.

    Our path
  • The specialist principle

    Three approvals before every treatment

    Our specialists were chief physicians or senior consultants at large clinics. Before every treatment, the specialist adviser, the treating specialist and an anaesthetist experienced in obesity medicine each give their approval – the six-eyes principle.

    Our specialists
  • Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik

    Everything under one roof in Wertheim

    The heart of Weight Doctors®: as the only location, the Nationalklinik brings the entire range of treatment together in one place – from diagnostics through surgery to aftercare.

    To the Nationalklinik
Our path

From 2007 to today.

  1. 2007

    • The beginning: the gastric balloon

      The Weight Doctors® team treats with the gastric balloon – placed by the natural route and removed again without residue. Today the Weight Doctors® GASTRIC BALLOON.

  2. 2017

    • Non-surgical stomach reduction

      With the endo sleeve (pose® 3.0 Double Helix), endoscopic stomach reduction is added – today the Weight Doctors SLEEVE®. Over 5,000 patients have received an endo sleeve.

  3. 2020

    • The first locations

      The Weight Doctors® brand is born – with locations in Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Wertheim, Wiesbaden and Aachen.

  4. 2021

    • Weight Doctors BARIATRICS®

      With gastric sleeve and gastric bypass, we also offer obesity surgery operations.

    • Weight Doctors® grows

      Nuremberg, Munich and Berlin are added, with Johannesburg the first location in South Africa.

  5. 2022

    • Lead Surgeons and Top Recommendation

      Prof. Dr. med. Karl Miller and Prof. Dr. Jan Willem Greve become Lead Surgeons for the Weight Doctors SLEEVE®. On ProvenExpert, the series of “Top Recommendation” awards begins – five times in a row up to 2026.

    • Weight Doctors® in the Netherlands

      The first location in the Netherlands, in Eindhoven, plus Heidelberg and Cape Town.

  6. 2023

    • Weight Doctors® Nederland

      Since January 2023, a fully licensed private clinic in Waalre has belonged to the Weight Doctors Group – home and headquarters of Weight Doctors Nederland.

    • Weight Doctors® in London

      The first location in the United Kingdom, plus Stuttgart and Hanover.

  7. 2024

    • Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik

      The heart in Wertheim: the entire range of treatment in one place.

    • Weight Doctors® in Salzburg

      The first location in Austria, plus Freiburg, Frankfurt and Leipzig.

  8. 2025

    • Weight Doctors® in South Africa

      Pretoria and Alberton are added.

    • Visit by the Federal Health Minister

      Federal Health Minister Nina Warken visits Wertheim – the location of the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in the focus of regional healthcare.

  9. 2026

    • New: Weight Doctors® hydroGMA

      Endoscopic, without an incision – on its own or combined with the Weight Doctors SLEEVE®.

Today

23 locations in 6 countries

With the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim as the heart and 39 doctors in 5 countries.

What we stand for

Quality, honesty and authenticity.

For us, the well-being of our patients comes first. We base our work on that.

  • Quality

    Central quality management for all locations – independently certified by the patient portal myBody®.

  • Honesty

    We advise objectively and independently – obliged neither to industry nor to payers, and without performance or sales targets.

  • Authenticity

    Every patient story is different. We take your goals seriously, listen to you and accompany you on your path.

  • Transparency

    After the consultation, usually on the same day, you receive a treatment recommendation with an exact breakdown of costs.

  • Individual support

    Your 360 Coaches are also there for you between appointments – supported by Weight Doctors® Mira in the Weight Doctors® App.

  • Innovation

    Our internationally networked team played a major part in introducing the Spatz3 gastric balloon and pose® technology in Germany.

Specialists and team

The people behind Weight Doctors®.

Specialists, anaesthetists, nurses, patient advisers and nutrition experts work together with us – from the first enquiry to aftercare. Our leadership team brings more than 15 years of experience in minimally invasive obesity medicine.

  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. ScheffelSpecialist in general and bariatric surgery
  • GermanyAustriaProf. MillerSpecialist in general and visceral surgery
  • GermanyPD Dr. WichmannSpecialist in visceral surgery & expert in endobariatrics
  • GermanyM. MargolinsSpecialist in general surgery
  • GermanyM. ShalabiSpecialist in general and visceral surgery
  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. JennerSpecialist in visceral surgery / specialised visceral surgery
  • GermanyDr. SchüderSpecialist in general, visceral and vascular surgery / specialist in specialised visceral surgery
  • GermanyA. SaberSpecialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery

All specialists

Films

Weight Doctors® on film

Get to know us before you come to us.

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    The consultation at Weight Doctors®: until all questions are answered

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    The Weight Doctors SLEEVE® procedure explained in an animation video

Awarded and verified

Top Recommendation.
Five times in a row.

  • ProvenExpert Top Recommendation2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026ProvenExpert “Top Recommendation” seal for the years 2022 to 2026
  • myBody® certificate Figure & weightmyBody® certificateFigure & weight
  • Member of the German Nutrition SocietyDGE memberGerman Nutrition Society
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Locations

23 locations in 6 countries.
One near you.

Consultation, therapy and aftercare close to home – with the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim as the centre, in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Namibia. Choose a place on the map.

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Consultation

On to your Weight Doctors® Experience.

The first step is a conversation: choose your treatment, location and appointment online here – consultation on site, by video or by phone.

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  • One-to-one with your specialist
  • Appointments online, around the clock
  • 23 locations in 6 countries

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