Christopher Reed, MD, FACS

Dr. Reed completed his undergraduate and medical school training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His passion for bariatric surgery began prior to medical school when he spent two years as a bariatric surgery research coordinator at East Carolina University. While there, he witnessed the life-changing results of bariatric surgery as it applied not only to weight loss, but to our patients' overall quality of life. He then completed his General Surgery residency and a fellowship in Bariatric and Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, VA.Procedures PerformedSleeve gastrectomyRoux-en-Y gastric bypassSADI-S (Single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy)DS (Duodenal Switch)Foregut surgeryAbdominal wall reconstructionMedical Areas of InterestMetabolic & bariatric careMinimally invasive surgeryNon-bariatric foregut surgeryRobotic surgeryForegut surgery (including hiatal hernia repair)Surgery for …gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)Robotic hernia repair and advanced abdominal wall reconstruction