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Kenneth Foreman, MD, General Surgery, Huntsville, AL

KennethToddForemanMDFACS, FASMBS

General Surgery Huntsville, AL

Bariatric Surgery

Retired

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Summary

  • Dr. Foreman is a recently retired board-certified, Center of Excellence bariatric and general surgeon who performed a variety of bariatric surgical procedures including the laparoscopic gastric bypass, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic duodenal switch for the super-morbidly obese, and revisional bariatric surgery. He also had an interest in other minimally invasive procedure such as laparoscopic antireflux surgery.

    Dr. Foreman was raised in the St. Louis area where he attended both Washington University and the St. Louis University School of Medicine. Following medical school he served on active duty as a US Army medical officer and flight surgeon, with stops at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Fort Rucker, Camp Stanley(Korea), and Ft. McPherson. During this time he also served in Haiti as a United Nations senior medical officer from 1995-1996.

    Dr. Foreman then completed his General Surgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, after which he joined Alabama Surgical Associates in Huntsville, AL. He is honorary staff at Crestwood Medical Center, where he served as Chief of the Medical Staff as well as former Medical Director of the hospital's Bariatric Surgery program. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Senior Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), and is a founding member and past President of the Alabama Chapter of the ASMBS.

    He was in practice for 18 years and lives in Huntsville with his wife and two children.

Education & Training

  • Henry Ford Hospital
    Henry Ford HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2003
  • Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
    Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterInternship, Surgery, 1993 - 1994
  • Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 1995 - 2022
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1998 - 2003
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FASMBS) American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Changes in feeding activity, plasma luteinizing hormone, and testes weight in ring doves following hypothalamic injections of prolactin  
    Foreman KT, Lea RW, Buntin JD, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 10/1/1990

Abstracts/Posters

  • Perforated Peptic Ulcer Occurrence in the Bypassed Stomach and Duodenum Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
    William J Suggs, MD; Tyler Byrd, BS; Kenneth Todd Foreman, MD, ASMBS ObesityWeek 2015, Atlanta, GA, 11/3/2015
  • Effects of prolactin microinjections in the preoptic area and ventromedial hypothalamus on food intake and gonadal condition in doves
    Buntin JD and Foreman KT, Society of Neuroscience annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/1/1989

Committees

  • Chief of Staff, Medical Executive Committee 2019 - 2021
  • Chair, Credentials Committee 2017 - 2019
  • Vice-Chief of Staff, Medical Executive Committee 2017 - 2019
  • Chair, OPPE Committee 2015 - 2017
  • Secretary, Medical Executive Committee 2015 - 2017
  • Member, Robotic Surgery Committee 2012 - 2019
  • Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery Committee 2011 - 2019

Professional Memberships