Dr. Laura Doyon, a board-certified bariatric surgeon who practices at Emerson Hospital’s Center for Weight Loss, has been certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.Doyon is the first bariatric surgeon in Massachusetts to be certified in both bariatric surgery and obesity medicine. This gives her a holistic approach to help her patients achieve their long-term weight-loss goals and reduce comorbidities associated with obesity, including diabetes, cardiac and