{"id":383442,"date":"2026-07-23T04:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383442\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:57:21","slug":"hospitals-of-providence-opens-weight-loss-center-west-and-surgery-clinic-in-west-el-paso-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383442\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals of Providence opens Weight Loss Center West and surgery clinic in west El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Pasoans seeking surgical weight-loss and general surgery care will soon have a new option in west El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>The Hospitals of Providence unveiled its new Weight Loss Center West alongside Providence Medical Partners General Surgery and Weight Management during a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday at 4532 N. Mesa Street. <\/p>\n<p>The new site brings the Weight Loss Center West and General Surgery and Weight Management together in one location. <\/p>\n<p>The combined programs are led by Dr. Benjamin Clapp, a board-certified bariatric surgeon and general surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Clapp joined Providence Medical Partners in 2025. He leads the new General Surgery and Weight Management program and serves as medical director for the Weight Loss Center West.<\/p>\n<p>The Hospitals of Providence said the new center is part of its continued effort to expand services and care for El Paso by offering more patients access to care.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-pasos-umc-earns-level-4-epilepsy-accreditation-expanding-access-to-surgery?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-pasos-umc-earns-level-4-epilepsy-accreditation-expanding-access-to-surgery?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso&#8217;s UMC earns Level 4 epilepsy accreditation, expanding access to surgery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Pasoans seeking surgical weight-loss and general surgery care will soon have a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-383442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}