LaparoscopicGastricBypassSurgery near Wilmington, DE

Biography: Dr. Alexander R. Aurora (MD, FACS, MSc) is a board certified Fellow of the American College of Surgeons with expertise in Advanced Minimally Invasive technics for both general and bariatric surgery. He completed his Bachelors and Masters degree at McGill and University of Ottawa in Canada. He received his medical degree from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 2000. Dr. Aurora completed his general surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. In 2011 Dr. Aurora completed a fellowship in advanced minimally invasive surgery and bariatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Aurora performs more than 95% of his cases laparoscopically including ventral, inguinal and hiatal hernia repair, colon resection, sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Dr. Aurora is fluent in English, French and speaks some German and Romanian. Dr. Aurora has significant interest in surgical technology, improving patient care and safety.

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Biography: ``Changing Lives`` Surgical and professional services is a multi-specialty practice dedicated in improving the lives of people who are struggling with obesity through delivery of high-quality and compassionate health care. A center dedicated to the reduction of obesity - Metabolic and Obesity related diseases (diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea etc.). In addition to obesity treatment , patients with various general surgery conditions are treated. The center was established in 2014 by Dr. Prakash Paragi and Dr. Lalitha Prakash who felt the need for one stop shop for treatment of obesity in a 3000 sq. foot facility, located in West Orange, NJ. SPS- BI is affiliated to the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) jointly initiated by American College of Surgeons, (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The societies combined their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®). Our surgeons perform Surgeries at a Center of Excellence. The outcomes are excellent and the rate of complications are below national average. This is attributed to our expertise in the field of obesity and general surgery. Over the last several years our center has treated more than 5,000 patients and has excellent outcomes.