Dr. Rebecca D. Anderson

"Memorial's transplant services team is dedicated to helping our patients maintain healthy, transplanted organs," Rebecca Anderson, director of transplant services at Memorial, said.

In a letter dated Sept. 19, Rebecca Anderson, the director of transplant and bariatric surgery services at Memorial, notified patients that this "voluntary, temporary hold status" is due to the retirement of a "key physician."

"Surgery is only a tool for weight management, not a cure," Rebecca Anderson, a licensed clinical psychologist and manager of Memorial's bariatric surgery program, said."Our patients make a commitment to dramatic and life-long changes in their eating and activity levels."A weight loss of at least 50 percent of excess weight is considered a success, and "61 percent of our patients are sustaining their weight loss" in the third and fourth years after their surgery, Anderson said.
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"Other weight-loss methods should be tried first," Anderson said.

Rebecca D. Anderson, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp)Memorial Medical Center701 N. 1st St.Springfield, IL 62661Office phone: 217-788-4381Fax Number: 217-757-7191

Dr. Rebecca Anderson, a clinical psychologist at Memorial Medical Center, says this new product trend should be brought to the attention of the public.

"I'm concerned, and I think that parents should be concerned," Anderson says."These are the products that might appeal to young people.While the use (of tobacco) is declining in adults, it is increasing in teenagers.Seventy-five percent of those smoking in high school will still be smoking five years later."

According to Anderson, who leads the smoking-cessation program at Memorial, about 35 percent of high school students have used tobacco in the last month, and 90 percent of adults who smoke started as teenagers.

Rebecca D. Anderson, Ph.D.Health Care Psychology
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Rebecca D. Anderson, Ph.D., ABPP
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Dr. AndersonDr. Anderson provides clinical health psychology services to adolescents, adults and seniors.Her current areas of focus include neuropsychological evaluation and in-patient, hospital-based consultation.

Dr. Anderson also coordinates Memorial Medical Center's Bariatric Surgery Program as well as the QuitSmart Program for smoking cessation.

Rebecca D. Anderson, Ph.D.

"Children who have parents who smoke are more likely to develop a habit," said Dr. Rebecca Anderson, a QuitSmart-certified licensed clinical psychologist with Memorial Medical Center's department of psychology.
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According to Anderson, 73 percent of teen smokers will continue smoking into adulthood; it is harder for smokers to quit than for alcoholics or heroin addicts.