Peter LePort, MD FASMBS

Dr. Peter LePort is a general surgeon with special training and more than 25 years of experience as a Gastric Bypass, Sleeve, and LAP-BANDu00ae surgeon. At his Orange County Smart DIMENSIONSu2122 bariatric surgery practice, Dr. LePort has helped thousands of people regain control of their lives through surgical weight loss. Our skilled physician received his Doctorate of Medicine degree and completed his surgical training, including bariatric training, in Brooklyn, New York, at Downstate Medical College. Dr. LePort also served as an assistant professor at Downstate for two years prior to moving to California. Dr. LePort is a Fellow of The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, the American College of Surgery, and Diplomat American Board of surgery.rnrnIn 1985, Dr. Peter LePort started the Smart DIMENSIONSu2122 program in California to help his obese patients lose significant weight and regain control of their lives. He felt that he had a special responsibility to improve the health and well being of morbidly obese patients with his exceptional skills as a gastric bypass surgeon. Patients soon arrived from Los Angeles and Orange County as word of mouth spread about the effectiveness of Dr. LePortu2019s program. rnrnDr. LePort is currently a faculty member of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. Dr. LePort is married to Dr. Cristina Rizza, a practicing cardiologist. He and his wife live in Southern California and have three children.rnrnDr. LePort is on the Board of Safety and Excellence, a consulting company for safety and excellence in medical and surgical care in hospital and office settings. They have clients not only in the USA but also around the world.rnrnIn addition to his many responsibilities as a bariatric surgeon, Dr. LePort is a founding member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Orange Coast Surgery Center.rnrnDr. LePort is Chairman of the Board of LePort Schools (www.leportschools.com). The company runs schools for infants through 8th grade in California and NYC with plans to expand throughout the United States.rnrnDr. LePort is a founding member of the charitable organization Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. A primary goal of the organization is to educate the public about how some individuals are using u201cthe right to medical careu201d as a subterfuge to violate everyoneu2019s right to choose. Americans for Free Choice in Medicine promotes free-market economics, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.rnrnDr. LePort serves on the Ayn Rand Instituteu2019s board of directors. The Ayn Rand Institute is dedicated to promoting reason, rational self-interest, and free markets (capitalism). It also promotes the ideas of Ayn Rand as put forth in her novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. You can order books by Ayn Rand and other authors by visiting their eStoreu00ae.rn