Weight Doctors® Frankfurt: non-surgical stomach reduction in the Rhine-Main region

Weight Doctors® in Frankfurt

As an international city with excellent transport links, Frankfurt am Main is an important place for modern obesity treatment. Weight Doctors® Frankfurt offers patients from the Rhine-Main region and beyond access to current methods of non-surgical stomach reduction – at Dreieichstraße 59 in Sachsenhausen.

The obesity centre Frankfurt has already supported hundreds of stomach reductions; it belongs to the Weight Doctors® group, which had treated more than 10,000 patients across Europe by mid-2025.

The treatments at a glance

The range in Frankfurt extends from drug therapy through the temporary gastric balloon to permanent endoscopic stomach reduction – and, for severe obesity, to surgical weight-loss surgery. This means there is a suitable route for every starting point.

Weight Doctors SLEEVE®

The Weight Doctors SLEEVE® combines the effect of a permanent stomach reduction with the advantages of a minimally invasive procedure: the stomach is gathered from the inside during a gastroscopy and reduced by up to 75% – as an outpatient, without incisions and without scars. The SLEEVE is available from €5,500, with a chance of cost coverage by German health insurance where there is a medical indication in line with the guidelines.

The gastric balloon as a starting point

A gastric balloon is suitable as a starting point for obesity treatment, especially if you would first prefer a solution that can be reversed. In Frankfurt, the common systems are available, from €3,490:

The Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim

For patients from Frankfurt, the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim is within easy reach – between Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg, around 95 km from Frankfurt Airport. This is where the surgical procedures take place, and where patients with statutory health insurance are looked after on a private medical basis – with personal aftercare over 12 months.

The Nationalklinik is also equipped for patients from abroad:

The team in Frankfurt

Weight Doctors® Frankfurt draws on many years of experience in obesity medicine and continuous further training. In Frankfurt, Dr. med. Oliver Scheffel, specialist in general and bariatric surgery, brings his experience in minimally invasive stomach reduction and in the Weight Doctors SLEEVE®. For him, Frankfurt as a transport hub offers good conditions for reaching patients from all over Europe – especially in combination with the nearby Nationalklinik.

A patient reports

A sensitive preliminary conversation and expertise form the basis for a well-prepared procedure. In the film, Aleksandra explains why she chose Weight Doctors® after careful consideration and research, and reports on her experiences with Weight Doctors SLEEVE®. You can find more films under Videos.

Getting to Frankfurt

Frankfurt is a transport hub for the whole of Germany – and therefore a good starting point for patients from Germany and Europe.

Getting to Wertheim

The Nationalklinik is a good ten kilometres from the A3 between Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg. By rail, you can reach Wertheim from Frankfurt main station; from Wertheim station, bus line 975 runs directly to the clinic in about 13 minutes. From Frankfurt Airport, a shuttle will collect you on request.

Costs, German health insurance and financing

All prices can be found in the overview of services. Through our partner medipay, all treatments can also be paid for in instalments.

Cost coverage by German statutory health insurance is possible for surgical stomach reduction and for the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® if there is a medical indication in line with the guidelines. The requirements are, as a rule:

Consultation in Frankfurt

The initial consultation is no obligation and informs you about all treatment options. The team in Frankfurt speaks German, Dutch and English as native languages and also looks after international patients.