About the Provider

I began weight loss surgery in 2001 and created one of the largest programs in Houston at The Methodist Hospital. I was medical director until 2009 when I became medical director at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital. I also served as an assistant professor of surgery at University of Texas. I then moved to Asheville, North Carolina to lead the very comprehensive multidisciplinary team at Mission Weight Management. I have now returned to my home in Houston to work at Houston Methodist at their downtown and west campus. I am starting and directing the Houston Methodist Metabolic Program with a focus on the comprehensive and multidiscplinary approach to obesity and chronic metabolic illness.

My interest has been in surgical and medical weight management. I am boarded in surgery and in obesity medicine. I give lectures around the country and internationally on nutrition and surgery.

I am author of "The Expert's Guide to Weight Loss Surgery" (Penguin 2007) and "Proteinaholic" (Harper One 2016)


Surgeries Performed

•BPD w/ Duodenal Switch •Follows Other Surgeons' Patients •Gastric Banding •Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass •Laparoscopic BPD w/ Duodenal Switch •Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass •Other Gastric Restriction •Revision/Conversion of Prior Procedure •Single Anastomosis Duodeno-ileostomy •Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy 

Location

 
Houston, TX USA

Phone