Meet The Bariatric Team
Crestwood Medical Center's bariatric program is about so much more than weight loss - it's about arming you with the tools, information and inspiration you need to make and maintain profound changes for lifelong health and happiness. Our hands-on team features a dedicated coordinator, nutritionist, physiologist and other weight loss specialists committed to your total well-being. From pre-operative education, through compassionate follow-up care, we're here to support you through every phase of your journey.
Our program includes:
The surgeons at Crestwood Medical Center specialize in weight-loss surgery and have cumulatively performed more than 3,000 procedures. Their focus is helping patients become healthy through lifestyle changes, with surgery as the first step toward a new life.
The goal for patients is not only weight loss, but also reducing or eliminating health problems associated with obesity. These include chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and lipid disorders.
All surgeons also specialize in minimally invasive — also called laparoscopic — procedures, which typically result in less scarring and anesthesia as well as a faster recovery (compared to traditional surgery). More than 98% of their patients are discharged either the same day as surgery or with one overnight stay in the hospital. Most are able to return to work within one or two weeks of their surgeries.
The following bariatric procedures are performed:
- Adjustable gastric banding
- Sleeve gastrectomy
- Gastric bypass
- Revision and conversion surgeries
Meet the Surgeons
Daniel Boyett, M.D., FACS, FASMBS*
Medical School: University of Alabama in Birmingham, School of Medicine
Residency: East Tennessee State University College of Medicine (General Surgery)
Fellowship:John Hopkins University (Bariatric Surgery)
Certified: American Board of Surgery
W. Jay Suggs, M.D., FACS, FASMBS*
Medical Director, Crestwood Bariatric Center
Medical School: University of Alabama in Birmingham, School of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship: University Medical Center, Princeton, NJ – Bariatric Surgery
Certified: American Board of Surgery
Darrell Doucette, M.D. FACS, FASMBS*
Medical School: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Residency: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA – Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
Certified: American Board of Surgery
Diplomate: American Board of Obesity Medicine
Ravindra Mailapur , M.D., FACS, FASMBS*
Medical School: Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE2 4AB (Surgery - General)
Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Bronx , NY (Surgery - General)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston , FL (Surgery - General)
Certified: American Board of Surgery
Dennis Fernandez, M.D., FACS*
Medical School: University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Residency: Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Certified: American Board of Surgery
*Independent member of the medical staff at Crestwood Medical Center.