Weight Loss Surgeons

We Become Your Lifelong Partners
As your lifelong partners in this journey, bariatric surgeons are part of a team that supports you before, during, and after your surgery so you can be fully prepared. We help you meet your medical goals and live life to its fullest.

We Help You Choose the Weight Loss Surgery That's Right for You
We consider many factors when recommending a procedure to you. We'll explain why we think one procedure will work better for you than another, and we'll help you set realistic weight loss goals.

We Offer New Techniques That Use Smaller Incisions and Minimize Scarring
As leaders in bariatric surgery, we are often among the first in the U.S. to employ new surgical approaches designed to improve outcomes. For example, we use different robotic techniques, magnets, and tiny surgical instruments to decrease incision sizes to the point where only one incision may be needed and leave an almost invisible scar. Just as important, these new technologies also increase your surgeon's ability to see and maneuver around organs during your surgery.

We Correct Complications from Previous Weight Loss Surgeries
Our surgeons correct complications related to stomach stapling (vertical banded gastroplasty, or VBG), jejunoileal bypass, and other historical procedures that are no longer performed. Our surgical experience handling all complications associated with weight loss surgeries is well-known. If you experience complications, we can diagnose your concerns and offer solutions. Many patients are often referred to us by other physicians.

We Are Nationally Recognized Leaders in Bariatric Surgery
Our weight loss surgeons hold leadership positions in regional, national, and international professional organizations. They deliver lectures, help develop treatment guidelines, and teach the latest bariatric surgery techniques to established and future bariatric surgeons as well as to doctors who travel to Duke from across the country and around the world to participate in our courses.