Bariatric Surgeon
Dr. Amanda Fontenot, MD
Dr. Amanda Fontenot, MD is a bariatric surgery specialist in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Fontenot completed a residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. She currently practices at Ochsner Medical Center and...
Dr. Matthew Apel, MD
Dr. Apel, MD, FACS, is a board-certified doctor for general surgery with more than 10 years of experience. He is a certified Robotic da Vinci Surgical System as a Console...
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, MD
Dr. Ahmed is a board-certified doctor for bariatric surgery, critical care surgery, and Internal medicine, with more than 24 years of experience. He is skilled in general surgery, minimally invasive...
Dr. Tom Umbach, MD
Dr. Umbach, MD, FACS, is a board-certified, nationally recognized general surgeon with more than 18 years of surgical experience. He has helped thousands of patients with obesity-related health conditions. Dr....
Dr. Darren Soong, MD
Dr. Soong, FASMBS is a board-certified, general surgery specialist with more than 30 years of surgical experience. Apart from his skill to perform bariatric surgeries, he has expertise in various...
Dr. Shawn Tsuda, MD
Dr. Tsuda, MD, FACS, is a board-certified, general surgeon with more than 18 years of surgical experience in the treatment of morbid obesity, reflux, hernias, and other gastrointestinal diseases. His...
Dr. Bernie Hanna, MD
Dr. Hanna, MD, FACS, is a board-certified, general surgeon and a bariatric surgery specialist with more than 20 years of extensive surgical experience in several types of weight-loss surgeries. He...
Dr. Ryan Headley, MD
Dr. Headly, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 14 years of experience. He is skilled in surgeries from basic appendectomies to complex minimally invasive operations. His area...
Dr. Juaquito M. Jorge, MD
Dr. Jorge, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon who served his country for six years on active duty as a Navy Corpsman. He is a Bariatric Surgeon specialist. His area...
Dr. Sofiane El Djouzi, MD
Dr. Sofiane El Djouzi, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is a well-rounded and versatile surgeon. He is passionate about his work and cares deeply about his patients....
Dr. Hsin-Yi Chang, MD
Dr. Chang has focused her practice on working with patients on their journeys towards wellness. She is recognized for her expertise in minimally invasive surgery. She also specializes in bariatric...
Dr. Daniel B. Wool, MD
Dr. Daniel Wool, MD, FACS, is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 12 years of experience. He is highly skilled in trauma and critical care. His area of surgical...
Dr. Aaron Siegel, MD
Dr. Siegel, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 25 years of surgical experience. His area of surgical skills includes – Bariatric surgery, Breast Surgery, Breast cancer surgery,...
Dr. John Cheregi, MD
Dr. Cheregi, MD is a board-certified general surgeon with a specialty in bariatric surgery. He has more than 13 years of surgical experience. Apart from general surgery, he is skilled...
Dr. Christopher Crawford, MD
Dr. Crawford, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon and a specialist in Gastroenterological Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He is an expert in bariatric surgery as well as...
Dr. Vafa Shayani, MD
Dr. Shayani is one of the experts on Lap-Band surgery in the country. He started performing gastric banding soon after its FDA approval in 2001, making him one of the...
Dr. Ellen Morrow, MD
Dr. Ellen Morrow, MD is a General Surgery Specialist in Salt Lake City, UT and has over 15 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from Stanford University...
Dr. Jennwood Chen, MD
Dr. Jennwood Chen Board certified general surgeon; Fellowship in minimally invasive bariatric, complex upper gastrointestinal surgery and endoscopy at Ohio State University. Assistant professor of Bariatric & Foregut surgery at...
Dr. Walter Medlin, MD
Dr. Walter Medlin grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. He and wife Sarah met at Dartmouth College. He worked as a hospital orderly and phlebotomist, and graduated from University of Washington...
Dr. David Griffin, MD
Dr. Griffin, an Ocala native, is Fellowship Trained in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery and Board Certified in General Surgery. Dr. Griffin offers both medically guided and surgical weight loss options...
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