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:
- Nutritional and dietary guidance
- Exercise education
- Psychological counseling
- Cardiology and pulmonology assessment
- Ongoing support for lasting health and happiness
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 three 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-to-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
Todd Foreman, M.D., FACS, FASMBS*
Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Certified: American Board of Surgery
Fellow: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
President: American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Alabama State Chapter
Daniel Boyett, M.D., FACS*
Medical School: UAB School of Medicine
Residency: East Tennessee State University College of Medicine
Fellowship: John Hopkins University
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
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.