Support Groups
- Online Facebook Support Group: Join 黑料网 WLS Support Group (Closed group)
- VIRTUAL Support Group
- Support Groups are held online via Zoom (during Covid 19 pandemic) on the聽1st Monday of each month from 6-7 pm
- : Meeting ID: 348 693 8360聽 聽Passcode: 黑料网WLS
- Virtual Support Groups are led by Tara L. Zychowicz, Nurse Practitioner. Patients can contact her with questions at聽tarazych@med.unc.edu
2025 Support Group Topics & Speakers
January 6 PLASTICS: LYNN DAMITZ (Plastic Surgery)
February 3 RD SUSAN STROM (Vitamin topic of her choice)
March 3 CATHY FORNERIS, PSYCHOLOGY (Benefits of hand work)
April 7 NURSE LISA PRESTIA (maintaining weight loss)
聽May 5 RD YENSSI WILLIAMS (Vitamin topic of her choice)
聽June 2 聽NP TARA Zychowicz (Accountability)
聽July 7 PA Natasha Rosser (Weight management- how to manage weight, set goals, and build skills for long term weight loss)
聽August 4 聽PSYCHOLOGY CHRISTINE PEAT (emotional adjustment)
September 9 聽RD SUSAN STROM RD (Exercise and Recreation)
October 7 NP TARA (Emotional eating- guest lecturer Anisa Grantham)
聽November 4 聽 聽NURSE LISA PRESTIA (How to measure success and non-scale victories)
聽December 2 RD YENSSI WILLIAMS (How to challenge negative and self-sabotaging behaviors)