Pete Rodman/Daily NewsKeri Clark (second from left) of Bowling Green, program coordinator of The Medical Center’s new Surgical Weight Loss Program, speaks Monday with Robert Lee (from left), Kathy Smith, Cristi Pruitt and Missy Kirby, all of Bowling Green, about the new addition during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Medical Center. The program is the first surgery program to treat severe obesity in southcentral Kentucky.

Keri Clark (second from left) of Bowling Green, program coordinator of The Medical Center’s new Surgical Weight Loss Program, speaks Monday with Robert Lee (from left), Kathy Smith, Cristi Pruitt and Missy Kirby, all of Bowling Green, about the new addition during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Medical Center.

The program is the first surgery program to treat severe obesity in southcentral Kentucky.