Procedure reduces stomach size without surgery, giving patients another option for lasting weight loss.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time at MedStar Health, patients struggling with obesity who may not want, or may not qualify for traditional bariatric surgery, have a new option for weight loss: endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). The minimally invasive procedure, which reduces the size of the stomach without incisions, was performed by Christopher You, MD , a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Aug. 21. The patient went home the same day.