Bariatric Surgeons

Sayeed Ikramuddin, M.D.
Henry Buchwald, M.D., Ph.D.
Todd A. Kellogg, M.D.
Daniel B. Leslie, M.D.
Rafael Andrade, M.D.

	Sayeed Ikramuddin, M.D., is the Director and Associate Professor of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. He completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College in New York, followed by a residency in General Surgery at the State University of New York, Syracuse. Ikramuddin completed fellowships at Ohio State University in minimally invasive surgery and at the University of Pittsburgh in minimally invasive foregut surgery. He was on staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and was Chief of General Surgery at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh until his recruitment to the University of Minnesota in 2001. Ikramuddin is currently the Robert and Katherine Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery as of 2003. In the areas of minimally invasive general surgery, his expertise includes laparoscopic approaches to foregut, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic surgery, solid organ transplantation, and endocrine and colon and rectal surgery. Academically Ikramuddin has co-edited the most recently published textbook on minimally invasive bariatric surgery. He is the chairman of the bariatric task force for SAGES, and co-director of the bariatric postgraduate course for the American College of Surgeons. Ikramuddin has an active interest in basic science research as it relates to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, and the role of the gastric bypass in resolving this, endocrine changes of the adipocytes and its effects on eating behaviors, as well as outcomes of bariatric procedures. In addition, he has a strong interest in adolescent bariatric surgery and has started a very active program, working with our pediatricians, and has a substantial patient accrual to-date. Return to index

	Henry Buchwald, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Buchwald earned his B.A. at Columbia College, New York, in 1954, graduating first in his class. He earned his M.D. at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, graduating at the top of his class in 1957. He then interned at the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. After two years in the U.S. Air Force, he completed his residency training at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, earning his M.S. (Biochemistry) and Ph.D. (Surgery) degrees. Buchwald joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota in 1966. Among the numerous awards and honors Buchwald has received in recognition of his clinical and scholarly accomplishments are the following: Phi Beta Kappa, 1953; Valedictorian, Columbia College 1954; graduating Summa Cum Laude, 1954; Alpha Omega Alpha, 1956; Shearing Award, 1957; First Clinical Research Award, Minnesota Surgical Residents Society, 1966; Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemistry Fraternity, 1966; Samuel D. Gross Award, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, 1967; Sigma Xi, 1968; Distinguished Service Award, Association for Academic Surgery, 1976; Inventor of the Year Award and induction into the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame, 1988; Outstanding Achievement Award, Minnesota Medical Alley, 1989; and First Annual Clinical Scholar Award, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic and Medical School, 1991. A tribute to Buchwald was read into the United States Senate Congressional Record in 1991. A member of numerous editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, he is listed in essentially all of the general, medical, and scientific Who's Who publications. Buchwald is a distinguished member of the major national and international societies in surgery and in his specific interest areas of obesity management, atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, and implantable artificial internal organs. He has served as Chair of the Surgical Council of the American College of Nutrition (1976); Secretary-General and Chair of the International Study Group for Implantable Insulin Delivery Devices (1984-1992); President of the Central Surgical Association (1997-98); President of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (1998-1999); and President of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) (2003-2004). He is Chair of the American College of Surgeons' National Faculty for Bariatric Surgery (2003-present). Return to index

	Todd A. Kellogg, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Kellogg was recruited after spending a one year fellowship in bariatric surgery and minimally invasive general surgery at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that he spent one year involved in foregut surgery at the University of Washington under Dr. Carlos Pellegrini. He currently has an active interest in basic science of morbid obesity and directs our research efforts within bariatric surgery. Kellogg has a strong interest in protiomics as well as the basic science of morbid obesity and correlations between weight loss and basic science changes in human adult models. Return to index

	Daniel B. Leslie, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Leslie was recruited after spending a one year fellowship in bariatric surgery and minimally invasive general surgery at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that, he completed his general surgery training at the University of Minnesota (2006), his medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, NJ (1997), and his Bachelors of Arts in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH (1993). Return to index

	Raphael Andrade, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery who shares a duel appointment in Gastrointestinal Surgery. Andrade served as a fellow in the section of bariatric surgery and is interested in the effect of bariatric surgery on control of gastroesophageal reflux disease as well as Barrett's changes in the esophagus. Andrade brings a strong clinical depth of esophageal training from his previous experience in a one year fellowship with Dr. Michael Maddaus in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Andrade will be instrumental in setting up an esophageal function lab for ph probe manometry studies as well as an endoscopic suturing program here at the University of Minnesota. Return to index

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