Lap Band Surgery Centers and Doctors in San Diego, CA

Lap Band Surgery at Gastric Banding Center of San Diego, CA

The Gastric Banding Medical Group of the Gastric Banding Center in San Diego, CA, states it is “the largest and most experienced out-patient gastric banding lap-band medical practice in California.”

The center focuses on offering lap band surgery to patients seeking surgical weight-loss solutions. Procedures are performed on an outpatient basis at Ambulatory Care Surgical Center, which is licensed by the state, accredited by AAAHC, and certified by Medicare. Ambulatory Care Surgery Center was the first outpatient surgical facility in San Diego County.

Dr. Michael Khalil

Dr. Khalil received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and was awarded his medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He also completed a bariatric surgery fellowship under world-renowned doctors Dr. Wesley Clark and Dr. Milton Owens in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery.

Visit the Gastric Banding Center online at gastricbandingcenter.com or call 858-715-1822 or toll-free 855-LAP-BAND. The center is located at 8705 Complex Drive, San Diego, CA 92123.

Lap Band Surgery at Wittgrove Bariatric Center of San Diego, CA

Wittgrove Bariatric Center of San Diego, CA helps patients to “lose weight” and “gain health.” As a Bariatric Center of Excellence, Wittgrove Bariatric Center offers gastric bypass, gastric banding, gastric sleeve surgery, gastric pouch surgery, and other surgical revisions.

Dr. Alan Wittgrove, “The Father of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass”

Dr. Wittgrove is the Medical Director of Wittgrove Bariatric Center. Known as the “father of laparoscopic gastric bypass,” he performed the world’s first laparoscopic gastric bypass in 1993. After ten years in the Navy, he has since focused his practice primarily on bariatric surgery. He served as the President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) for the 2003-2004 year.

Wittgrove Bariatric Center is located at 9834 Genesee Avenue, #328, La Jolla, CA 92037. Call the center at 858-554-1770 or visit their website at lapbypass.com.