Dr. James Rorig and Dr. Robin Levy-Miller have a very busy medical practice in the northwest suburbs. Both have been in practice between 17 to 19 years and have academic teaching appointments at Rush Presbyterian and Northwestern Medical School respectively.

They specialize in adult medicine and are board-certified in Internal Medicine. 

Their primary focus is to provide aggressive prevention of the development of medical diseases, as well as early detection and treatment of these problems. In addition, they medically treat patients with various eating disorders for which no other effective treatment is available.

Overweight individuals are at an extremely high risk for numerous deadly diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Many other medical problems are also associated with this disorder. 

New research in the field of Bariatric Medicine (the study of obesity and eating disorders) has been exciting and for the first time is allowing physicians to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of all the medical problems associated with being overweight.

Drs. Levy and Rorig sub specialize in the treatment of patients who are overweight and have failed previous attempts at dieting or are unable to lose weight on their own. They routinely treat overweight patients with complex medical problems and get them off most of their medication by losing weight. 

Overweight diabetics are usually able to get off their insulin. Pain from arthritis is often eliminated or significantly reduced. People who are extremely overweight are consistently able to lose very large amounts of weight and keep it off without suffering or being forced into eating foods they don't like. 

Patients who overeat because of stress, depression or bulimia can be just as easily treated. 

Individuals receive an initial medical and dietary assessment. This is followed by an explanation of what is now medically known about why people become overweight and fail at diets. The latest medical therapies are explained and individually tailored to each person's needs.

The initial consultation takes about an hour. Monthly follow-up visits take about 15 minutes. This treatment provides long term improvement of the quality of life as well as prolongation of lifespan.

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