How one resident bounced back after getting Bariatric SurgeryWILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– “During COVID, I had put on like two hundred and forty pounds. At more than 400 hundred pounds, that something was Bariatric surgery. We try to take a very tailored and personalized approach to each patient with alternate weight loss medication,” said Stokes. Where does Bariatric surgery lie in the age of weight loss drugs like Ozempic? “The medication has not replaced surgery, if anything it’s a gateway to the Bariatric or weight management world.