Gordon Wisbach, MD MBA FACS FASMBS

Captain (Ret) Gordon Wisbach is a general surgeon that specializes in Minimally Invasive, Metabolic/Bariatric as well as Robotic surgery at the Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command San Diego (NMTRC-SD). He served as Director of the ACS-accredited Surgical Simulation/Education fellowship and the inaugural Tele-Surgical Director of the Virtual Medical Operations Center. He was awarded his Medical Degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed his residency training at NMRTC-SD. CAPT (Ret) Wisbach was fellowship trained in Advanced Laparoscopic/Bariatric Surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and specializes in robotic surgery and surgical telementoring. He holds the title of Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. CAPT (Ret) Wisbach earned his MBA from the Naval Post-graduate School and is the immediate past Chair for Military Committee of ASMBS. He has active research interests in surgical education using simulation and advancing surgical tele-mentoring on a trajectory towards tele-surgery.