I am the Chief of Bariatric Surgery with the Baylor St. Luke's Weight Loss and Metabolic Center in Houston, Texas.
I relocated to Houston in July of 2017 to assume my current role. I have more than 15 years of experience in minimally invasive surgery, with special interest in: > Robotic surgery > Surgical treatment of obesity-related diseases (Diabetes) > Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) > Hiatal hernia > Achalasia of the esophagus > Surgical treatment of gastroparesis > Solid organ surgery > Esophageal cancer > Abdominal wall hernias.
I am fluent in both Spanish and English.
I am a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. I am a proud founding member of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association and also serve on the editorial board for the Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.
When to consider weight loss surgery
A lot of people have this idea that weight loss surgery has to be a final option to lose weight but when Madison Wilner wanted it and her insurance told her she
Dr. Carlos Galvani - Mini Bariatric Seminar
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Dr. Carlos Galvani - Bariatric Program Overview
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Education & Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery/Robotic Surgery, 2004 - 2006
University of California at San FranciscoPost-Doctoral Fellowship, GI Motility/ Bariatrics, 2002 - 2004
Amlish B. Gondal, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Federico Serrot, Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, Audriana N. Hurbon, Carlos A Galvani, Iman Ghaderi> ;Obesity Surgery. 2019 Feb 1
Carlos A. Galvani, Hannah Loebl, Obiyo Osuchukwu, Julia Samamé, Matthew E. Apel, Iman Ghaderi> ;Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 2016 Apr 20
Hannes Prescher, David E. Biffar, Carlos A. Galvani, Jerzy W. Rozenblit, Allan J. Hamilton> ;Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 2014 Sep 5
Rainer W G Gruessner, Renee Cercone, Carlos A. Galvani, Abbas Rana, Marian Porubsky, Angelika C. Gruessner, Horacio Rilo> ;Transplantation proceedings. 2014 Jul 1
Carlos A. Galvani, Horacio Rodriguez Rilo, Julia Samamé, Marian Porubsky, Abbas Rana, Rainer W G Gruessner> ;Journal of The American College of Surgeons. 2014 Mar 1
Enrique F. Elli, Mario Masrur, Mohamed El Zaeedi, Carlos A. Galvani, Nader Bozorgui, Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti> ;Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2013 Sep 1
Carlos A. Galvani, Ulises Garza, Marcie Leeds, Amit Kaul, Angela Echeverria, Chirag S. Desai, Tun Jie, Robert Diana, Rainer W G Gruessner> ;Transplant International. 2012 Aug 1
Hannah Zimmerman, Rifat Latifi, Behrooz Dehdashti, Evan Ong, Tun Jie, Carlos A. Galvani, Amy L. Waer, Julie Wynne, David E. Biffar, Rainer W G Gruessner> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2011 Jun 4
Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Elizabeta Nemeth, Giamila Fantuzzi, Sally Freels, Ai Xuan Holterman, Carlos A. Galvani, Subhashini Ayloo, Joseph M. Vitello, Carol L. Braunschweig> ;Obesity. 2010 Oct 1
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, Joseph Kuechle, Payam Salehi, Veronica Gorodner, Carlos A. Galvani, Enrico Benedetti, Jose Oberholzer> ;Pancreas. 2009 Jan 1