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Dr. Arif Ahmad
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital

Dr. Arif Ahmad, Director of Bariatric Surgery at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and St. Charles Hospital, is a board-certified surgeon with fellowship training in advanced laparoscopic surgery, including bariatric surgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, a cutting-edge type of surgery performed through small incisions and causing minimal pain, less scarring and shorter recovery times. 

Dr. Ahmad, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital Bariatric Surgery Center and Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery were jointly named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Surgeons with ASMBS Centers of Excellence designation practice high quality care, ensuring efficacy of the procedure with each patient to the best of their ability and meeting the needs of all patients in our community.

Dr. Ahmad specializes in both laparoscopic gastric bypass and the gastric banding procedure, with more than 20 years of surgical experience. He also does sleeve gastrectomy. He has been recognized as one of America’s Top Surgeons by Consumer Research Council of America.

After completing his medical degree and residency training, Dr. Ahmad trained in the UK to obtain the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), a professional qualification to practice surgery in the UK and Ireland. He then completed an 18-month advanced training fellowship at Harvard Medical School, followed by an additional five-year residency at the University of Connecticut. He spent a year mastering advanced training in laparoscopic surgery through a fellowship at the University of Virginia.

Upon completing his extensive medical training, Dr. Ahmad was appointed Director of Laparoscopic Surgery at Stony Brook University in 2001, where he taught other doctors to perform laparoscopic procedures, including laparoscopic bariatric surgery.  Dr. Ahmad also founded the Department of Bariatric Surgery at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and St. Charles Hospital.

Dr. Ahmad is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of American Gastroendoscopic Surgeons.