Monte Schwartz Bariatric Surgeon M.D.,F.A.C.S.

Dr. Monte J. Schwartz is a graduate of St. John's University, Saba University and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He spent five years in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed his surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic. Before relocating to Tucson, Dr. Schwartz practiced in Grinnell, Iowa for three years, where he was Chief of Surgery, Director of Bariatric Surgery, and Chair of the Cancer Teaching Conference at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center. He performed more than 2,000 operations covering a very wide scope of practice. Dr. Schwartz is board certified by the American Board of Surgery, is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons and the Priestly Society of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Schwartz started the Bariatric program in Tucson in 2006, and has performed over 500 Lap-band� procedures in the last year. He has performed over 1000 bariatric procedures total. Dr. Schwartz only performs the Lap-Band procedure as he believes it is the single best surgical weight loss option. Dr. Schwartz is one of two proctors for the Lap-Band system in Arizona.

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