Demesvar A. Jean-Baptiste Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

Dr. Jean-Baptiste is a Board Certified General Surgeon and a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS). He obtained his medical degree from the State University of New York-Downstate School of Medicine and completed his surgical residency training at Saint Barnabas Medical Center of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Jean-Baptiste went on to complete a Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the five busiest programs in the nation. There , he performed numerous Bariatric procedures and was involved with the Faculty as Instructor in the Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Workshops aimed to train Resident Surgeons in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Jean-Baptiste has performed hundreds of Laparoscopic Bariatric procedures including the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass ,the Lap-Band , and revisions of prior Bariatric procedures over the last few years. He has a great deal of expertise in laparoscopy and he uses the innovative technical approach of major academic institutions . At the University of Pennsylvania, he was also involved in performing and refining the technical details leading to the trial for Laparoscopic Gastric pacing, an investigational approach to minimally invasive bariatric surgery . He has lectured on several topics dealing with Bariatric Sugery and authored articles discussing with the technical implications of the placement of the reservoir in Lap-Band procedures for which he received the special award of best educational content and innovation at the 14th International Congress of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. He has also researched into the current standard for the preoperative workup of Gastric Bypass patients . Dr. Jean-Baptiste is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties. In addition , he is an active member of many prestigious societies such as the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) , the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), and the Society for Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) . He holds professional licensure in the State of New York, the State of new Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• Samuel Wasser — Willingboro, NJ

• Louis Balsama — Sewell, NJ