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NeWeigh facilitates for surgeons who laparoscopically perform Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, BPD with Duodenal Switch and revision of a prior procedure. Your surgeon will discuss in detail with you the benefits, risks, complications and alterative treatment modalities; together you will determine the best course of action.

NeWeigh is pleased to facilitate for Drs. Jayakumar, Bina, Leiva, and Taylor. Like NeWeigh, these surgeons understand the complexities of morbid obesity and the sensitivity of those who suffer with this disease. Their financial support of the NeWeigh Program helps fund the complicated, time consuming insurance approval process, as well as the cost associated with aftercare support groups that are crucial to your ongoing, long-term weight-loss success.

Select from the Bariatric surgeons listed below to learn more about them:
Dr. Jayakumar
Dr. Jayakumar
Dr. Bina
Dr. Bina
Dr. Leiva
Dr. Leiva
Dr. Taylor
Dr. Taylor



T. Jayakumar M.D., F.A.C.S., P.A.

CURRENT POSITIONS

Dr. Jayakumar Medical Director for Bariatric Surgery:
First Street Hospital
Bayshore Medical Center

Center of Excellence Hospitals:
First Street Hosptial
Bayshore Medical Center [Provisional]
Memorial/Hermann-Memorial City

Past Medical Director for Center of Excellence Hospital:
Twelve Oaks Medical Center

Staff Surgeon:
Methodist Hospital
Memorial/Hermann Southwest Hospital

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Surgery 1981 (Recertified in1991 and 2000)


EDUCATION

Graduate School
St. Joseph’s College, Tricky, India
1966 – 67

Medical School
Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India
Aug 1967 – April 1974


HONORS

Recipient of National Government Merit Scholarship in Graduate School and Medical School


POST GRADUATE TRAINING

Internship:
Franklin Square Hospital Baltimore, Maryland
July 1975 – June 1976

Residency Training:
Franklin Square Hospital Baltimore, Maryland
July 1976 – June 1980

Fellowship:
Texas Heart Institute Houston, TX
Cardio-Vascular Surgery
July 1981 – June 1982

Mini fellowship in Bariatric surgery UT Southwestern, Dallas
Various CME programs in Bariatric and General Surgery

Current Position:
Solo private Practitioner in General Surgery

Special Interest:
Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery, Laparoscopic surgery and Laser surgery


MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, S.A.G.E.S., T.M.A. and Harris County Medical Society, Designated Member of ASMBS Center of Excellence,
Fellow of ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery),
Fellow of American College of Surgeons


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Said Bina, M.D.

CURRENT POSITION AND EXPERIENCE

Dr. Bina

1982-Present

 

Private practice in Northwest Houston, specializing in:
General, advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery.
Active status:  North Cypress Medical Center, Cy-Fair Surgery Center, Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center, Memorial City Memorial Hermann, Twelve Oaks Hospital, Methodist Willowbrook Hospital


BOARD CERTIFICATION

1981
1991 and 2001

General Surgery
Recertification in General Surgery


EDUCATION

1973
1976 to 1980

1980 to 1981

1981 to 1982
1982 to present

M.D. Degree, National University of Iran
Resident and Chief Resident, Wilson Memorial Hospital
Upstate, NY
General surgery Fellowship, Mt. Sinai hospital,
Hartford, Connecticut
Vascular Fellowships, Texas Heart Institute
Numerous fellowship courses, including mini-fellowship in bariatric surgery at Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Texas, as well as attendance at various other training and continued-education programs.


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member

American College of Surgeons
International College of Surgeons
Harris County Medical Society
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
American Society of Breast Surgeons
American Society of Bariatric Surgery


POSITIONS HELD

2001



1999 to 2000
1991 to 1992

1990 to 1991
1988 to 1998
 

President and Chairman of Bylaws Committee
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center

Cypress-Fairbanks Medical Center:
Chief of Staff
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee
Chairman and Chief of Surgery Department
Secretary of Medical Staff
Chairman of Operating Room Committees

 


 

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Jorge Ignacio Leiva, M.D.

CURRENT POSITION AND EXPERIENCE

Dr. Leiva

July 2002 - Present

 

 

 

August 1999 - June 2002
 

Member of Surgical Staff in:
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Memorial Hermann Northwest
Memorial Hermann Memorial City
North Cypress Medical Center
First Street Hospital

General Surgery Private Practice:
San Luis Potosi, Mexico


BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

 

1991
1992
1993
1998
2000
2000
2005

Medical License State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Educational Council for the Foreign Medical Graduates
Federal Licensing Examination, Pennsylvania
Medical License, States of Texas and Indiana
Diplomat Mexican Board of Surgery
Diplomat American Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons



EDUCATION


1981 -1983

1983 -1984


1984 -1990

 

1993 -1994

 

1994 - 1999

Bachelor of Sciences - Physics and Mathematics
Instituto Potosino, A.C. San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Bachelor of Sciences - Chemistry and Biology

Medical Doctor Degree- Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Internal Medicine Intern -
Central Texas Medical Foundation Brackenridge Hospital
Austin,Tx

General Surgery Residence -
Christus St. Joseph Hospital
Houston,Tx


HONORS

1981 – 1984

1984 – 1991

June 1995

Dec.2002

Dec.2003
Jan 2005 - Dec. 2005

Jan 2005 - Dec. 2005
Jan 2006 - Dec. 2006
Jan 2006 - Dec. 2006
Nov 2006 – To Date
Nov 2006 – To Date

Honor Student Bachelors of Sciences
Honor Student 10th percentile (class rank 6th) Medical School
Chief Resident’s Award, Resident of the Year
Primo Award for Medical Service Excellence Growth
Cypress Award for Medical Service Excellence for Nicest to Staff
Chairman Department of Surgery
Medical Executive Committee
Chairman Department of Surgery
Medical Executive Committee
Chairman Cancer Committee
Medical Executive Committee


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member

Texas Medical Association
Harris County Medical Society
Fellow American College Of Surgeons


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Thomas V. Taylor, MD, FACS, FRCS, FACQ

CURRENT POSITIONS

Dr. Taylor

Medical Director and Academic Chief of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center Houston
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Texas at Houston. Program Director
Methodist Hospital
Hermann Hospital
Spring Branch Medical center
Twelve Oaks Hospital
First Street Hospital

Fellow American College of Surgeons
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellow American College of Gastroenterology
Member American Society of Bariatric Surgery

 


EDUCATION

 

University of Manchester, U.K.
University of Edinburgh, U.K.

 


MEMBERSHIP

"Overcoming Obesity" - book, 2007, Vantage Press
"Upper Digestive Surgery" - book, 2000, Saunders
Other books, Chapters, and over 200 scientific papers.
Fourteen United States Patents, Including invention of intragastric balloon and obesity devices.


MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American College of Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
SAGES T.M.A.
Harris County Medical Society
Houston Surgical Society

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NeWeigh provides a surgical weight loss program in the Houston metroplex for hospitals and Bariatric surgeons
who perform laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, LAP-BAND®, Gastric Sleeve and BPD with Duodenal Switch.