Jeffrey W. Chiao, MD FACS FASMBS

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Chiao is a board-certified bariatric and general surgeon from the American Board of Surgery. He is also a partner in the New York Bariatric Group and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Chiao completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he developed a profound interest in minimally invasive techniques in all aspects of surgery, especially bariatrics. Following his general surgery training, Dr. Chiao completed his fellowship in Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he performed over 400 operations at one of the busiest bariatric centers in the country. He has attended the Worldwide Meeting of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association in Chicago, the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Fundamentals Conference in Sedona, Arizona, and SAGES Flexible Endoscopy Course for Minimally Invasive Fellows in San Diego, California.

He also holds memberships and certificates in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, Clinical Robotic Surgical Association, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. He has also written a chapter specifically about bariatric surgery in a renowned surgical textbook (Acute Care Surgery).

Dr. Chiao joined the New York Bariatric Group in 2014 after he completed his fellowship. He focuses his practice in New York City and Long Island, and as one of the busiest bariatric surgeons in the region, has performed well over one thousand bariatric surgeries at the New York Bariatric Group. Dr. Chiao utilizes his extensive training and experience to provide compassionate and expert bariatric care to his patients.