Alex Gandsas, MD, FACS

Dr. Gandsas is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Head of the Division of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sinai Hospital and co-director of the MIS Sinai fellowship program. Dr. Gandsas received his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine in Argentina. Following a general surgery residency in Michigan, he completed fellowships in advanced laparoscopy and laparoscopic bariatric surgery at Duke University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, respectively. Prior to joining Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Dr. Gandsas developed and directed the Bariatric Surgery Program at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Gandsas has published numerous scientific articles in general surgery, surgical education and telemedicine. Currently, his research efforts focus on obesity surgery as well as the use of emerging technologies to minimally invasive surgery, telemedicine and surgical education. Among these projects, Dr. Gandsas founded LAPAROSCOPY.COM in 1996 as a distance education initiative, with the goal of delivering peer reviewed high quality medical content free of charge and available around the globe. Dr. Gandsas is a board certified surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is actively involved in the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery, the American Society for Bariatric Surgery as well as the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.