Michael Hodge Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

16 years experience as a surgeon averaging over 600 - 800 surgical procedures per year. One of only 3 surgeons in upper East Tennessee offering laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery for obesity. Surgical interests include minimally invasive surgery, particularly the laparoscopic approach to a variety of disease processes including:  Gastric bypass  Hernias of both the groin and abdominal wall  Cancer  Abdominal organs  Stereotatic breast biopsy  Sentinel node biopsy  Thyroid and parathyroid surgery  Hemorrhoidal stapling  Endoscopy (EGD and colonoscopy) Clinical associate professor of surgery with the Quillen College of Medicine and current member of the Credentials Committee of the Department of Surgery at the Johnson City Medical Center. Progressive in transforming procedures that traditionally have been approached by open surgery to minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques. Board certified in general surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.