Meet Our Team
Program Coordinator
Tammy Denton RN, CDE
Tammy has been a part of the Surgical Weight Loss Team since 2008. In addition
to her role as coordinator and educator for the Surgical Weight Loss program,
Tammy is also a certified diabetes educator. As a nurse she assists in
providing education to ensure individuals are well informed as to the
procedure they are pursuing along with obtaining a through health assessment
that promotes a culture of safety within the program.
She also assists in center development, managing the accreditation process and ensuring continuous compliance with MBSAQIP requirements, maintaining relevant policies and procedures, patient education, outcomes data collection, quality improvement efforts, and education of relevant staffing the various aspects of the metabolic and bariatric surgery patient with a focus on patient safety.
Clinical Educator & Insurance Specialist
Rayetta Parker, R.N.
Rayetta Parker earned her Associate Degree in Nursing from Shawnee State
University in 1991. She has been employed with King’s Daughters
since June 1991 and has worked in the Surgical Weight Loss Program since
March 2004. She provides education to the patients from the time of their
initial visit, and throughout the process to surgery. Rayetta helps to
cover a 24-hour nurse on-call option for all post-op patients. She is
responsible for completing a chart audit on 100 percent of patients prior
to their surgery, verifying that all testing has been completed and that
any abnormal test results have been addressed, prior to insurance submission.
Clerks & Schedulers
Allison Logan
Allison will be one of the first contacts you will have as you begin your
journey with our Surgical Weight Loss Program. She will help you complete
your registration and make sure that all your information is correct.
She has been a part of King's Daughters 2004. She attended Ohio University
and Allied Business School where she completed a course of study in Medical Coding.
Behavioral Health Specialist
Lisa Huff, MSW, LCSW
Lisa is a licensed clinical social worker who has been with our program
since 2004. Lisa initially provided contract services to meet insurance
requirements for the completion of the psychiatric assessment, but quickly
learned that the behavioral health component of weight loss surgery was
as important as the tool of the procedure itself. Unlike most programs,
Lisa is a full time employee of the surgical weight loss team and has
regular contact and intervention with her patients. In addition to the
initial psychiatric assessment, Lisa also provides all patients with education
in regards to emotional eating as well as learning new and breaking old
eating behaviors. Her group class also offers a discussion on possible
post surgery complications including relationship challenges, mental health
changes, self esteem and transfer addiction. Lisa feels that the behavioral
health education helps her patients become more psychologically prepared
for this journey, thus helping improve their chances for long term success.
Lisa works as a multidisciplinary piece of the team and is able to offer
psychological guidance and support both pre-operatively and post operatively.
Registered Dietitian
Christine Shoemaker, R.D.
Our registered dietitians use their expertise to provide valuable nutrition
education. Program participants receive nutrition-focused assessments
and continuing education for the life of their surgical weight loss journey.
Nutrition education has an essential role in the degree of success patients
see before and after surgery. Our dietitians focus on the patient’s
individual nutritional needs to influence healthy lifestyle changes for
life-long weight loss success.