General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  William A. Graber, MD, PC consists of a talented team of caring, talented, and dedicated healthcare professionals based in Syracuse and Utica. Our surgeons have performed thousands of weight loss surgeries at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica/New Hartford, NY and St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, NY.
• Nutritional Counseling
  Evelyn provides nutrition counseling to our patients undergoing weight loss surgery. She strives to find creative ways to help each individual adapt to the lifestyle changes needed after their operation. Her professional experience includes weight management, cardiovascular health, renal disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, nutrition in the elderly, eating disorders, and food allergies.
• Primary Care
• Constipation
• Urinary Incontinence
  If considering obesity surgery, New York residents can schedule an appointment with William A. Graber, MD, PC to discuss options with a doctor.
• Diarrhea
• Immunizations
  Public Health - We may disclose your protected health information to a public health authority who is permitted by law to collect or receive the information. For example, the disclosure may be necessary to prevent or control disease, injury or disability; report births and deaths; or report reactions to medications or problems with medical products. This disclosure is also made when child or adult abuse or neglect or domestic violence i s suspected. We may provide proof of immunization without authorization, to your school if (i) the school is required by State or other law to have proof of immunization prior to admission and (ii) we obtain and document your permission or, for a minor, the permission of the parent, guardian or other person acting in loco parentis for the individual.

Internists

• Gastroenterology
  Gary has been a Physician Assistant since 2007. He holds a Bachelors Degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego and a Masters Degree in Education from SUNY Oswego. He received his Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Studies from LeMoyne College. He has experience in occupational medicine, otolaryngology and gastroenterology. He is an avid classic car enthusiast.
• Urinary Tract Infection

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
  “Protected health information” is individually identifiable health information and includes demographic information (for example, age, address, etc.), and relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition and related health care services. Our Practice is required by law to do the following: (1) keep your protected health information private and secure; (2) present to you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices related to the use and disclosure of your protected health information; (3) abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect; (4) post and make available to you any revised Notice; and (5) notify affected individuals promptly following a breach of unsecured protected health information. We reserve the right to revise this Notice and to make the revised Notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. The Notice’s effective date is at the top of the first page and at the bottom of the last page.

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Surgeons

• General Surgery
  Dr. Ransford Commey grew up in Ghana, West Africa. He spent his high school years in New York City and received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. After graduation, he worked in vaccine research and development at Merck & Co. Inc. in Pennsylvania, where he was instrumental in the development and production of multiple vaccines. He left the pharmaceutical industry for medical school in New Jersey at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Commey finished his General Surgery residency training at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he discovered his passion for Bariatric and Minimally Invasive GI Surgery. In residency, Dr. Commey also received training in Robotic general surgery.
• Robotic Surgery
• Otolaryngology

Plastic Surgeons

• Laparoscopic Surgery
  This stomach bypass procedure can be performed through one large "open" incision or through very small ones (this is called laparoscopic surgery). The laparoscopic operation is a less invasive procedure performed with the aid of a laparoscope. This scope allows the surgeon to see the abdominal organs on a TV monitor. The surgical instruments are inserted through very small incisions in the abdominal wall. Almost all patients are candidates for the laparoscopic technique — your surgeon will discuss the best option for your individual needs.
• Bariatric Surgery
  Insurance coverage is an important consideration for bariatric surgery patients. We work with most commercial insurance, medicare, and managed care plans, however insurance plans vary in the benefits they provide. Prior to your initial visit, please contact your insurance company to find out if surgery for morbid obesity is a covered benefit under your individual insurance plan, and ask if there are any exclusions under your policy as well.

Dermatologists

• Ulcer

Allergists

• Allergies