Stacy A Brethauer MD MBA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

2050 Kenny RdColumbus, OH 43221
Phone+1 614-366-6675
Fax+1 614-366-8166

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Summary

I am a board certified general surgery specializing in foregut and bariatric surgery. I received my MD from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1993 and completed surgery residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego in 2001. Fellowship training completed in minimally invasive bariatric surgery at Cleveland Clinic from 2005-2007 and remained on staff at Cleveland Clinic until 2019. Joined OSU Wexner Medical Center March 2019.

Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2005 - 2007
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Residency, Surgery, 1997 - 2001
National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1993
University of Colorado BoulderBS, Journalism and Mass Communications, Boettcher Scholar, 1985 - 1989

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Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2005 - 2027
VA State Medical License 1994 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2014, 2016-2017

Clinical Trials

Safety and Efficacy of EndoBarrier in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Who Are Obese
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Tunable self-assembling cellular microarray for single-neutrophil vital and suicidal extracellular traps.
Jacob Doon-Ralls, Sophia Mayone, Xilal Y Rima, Dharti Shantaram, Kim Truc Nguyen
Lab on a Chip. 2026-07-06
1 citations
A Multicenter Double-blind Randomized Sham-controlled Trial Assessing the EndoBarrier Duodenal-jejunal Bypass Liner for the Treatment of Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabe...
Christopher C Thompson, Pichamol Jirapinyo, Thomas R McCarty, Stacy Brethauer, Nicholas Shaheen
Annals of Surgery. 2026-07-01
1 citations
Multiparametric Bulk and Single Extracellular Vesicle Pipeline for Identifying Adipose-Specific Signatures in Matched Human Biospecimens.
Mangesh Dattu Hade, Jacelyn Greenwald, Paola Loreto Palacio, Kim Truc Nguyen, Dharti Shantaram
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2025-11-05

Journal Articles

Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease
Leslie Tolle, Ali Aminian, Gautam Sharma, Stacy A Brethauer, Philip R Schauer, Surgical Endoscopy
Effect of Revisional Bariatric Surgery on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Stacy A Brethauer, Philip R Schauer, Monique Hassan, Ali Aminian, Surgical Endoscopy
Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Diabetic Nephropathy
Stacy A Brethauer, Philip R Schauer, Ali Aminian, Surgical Endoscopy

Lectures

Early Diabetes Remission After Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Explained by Exclusion of the Foregut
Cleveland, OH - 6/14/2014

Press Mentions

Dr. Anthony T. Petrick Named Chair of the MBSAQIP Committee for Metabolic and Bariatric SurgerySeptember 23rd, 2025
Balancing Bariatric BenefitsDecember 4th, 2022
Obesity May Be Fueling Coronavirus Hospitalizations — an Expert Explains WhyApril 2nd, 2020