Bariatric Surgery: Surgeons
Francis Essien, M.D., FACS
:: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Board Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
Education
- Kings College, Lagos
General Certificate of Education, O-Level
- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Medical Degree 1989, Deans List
Internship
- Martin Luther King, Jr. / Drew Medical Center
General Surgery Internship
- University of Southern California Medical Center
General Surgery Internship
Residency
- Martin Luther King, Jr. / Drew Medical Center
General Surgery Residency
Chief Resident 2001
Fellowship
- Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery
- Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Mini-Fellowship Program
UTSW
- Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Cadaver Lab and Course
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- Proctorship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Texas Endosurgery Institute
Appointments
- Attending Surgeon, Inland Valley Regional Medical Center, Wildomar, California
- Attending Surgeon, Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona, California
- Attending Surgeon, Rancho Springs Medical Center, Murrieta, California
- Attending Surgeon, Menifee Valley Medical Center, Menifee, California
- Attending Surgeon, Temecula Valley Day Surgery Center, Murrieta, California
Professional Memberships
- Los Angeles Surgical Society
- American Medical Association
- Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Languages Spoken
English
John Husted, M.D., FASMBS
:: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Board Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Arts, Biology
- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine 1988
Residency
- University of California, San Francisco
Core Surgery Residency PGY 1-PGY 2
- University of Arizona Health Sciences Center/THMEP
General Surgery Residency PGY 3- PGY 5
Bariatric Surgical Training
- Single-incision laparoscopic Bariatric surgery preceptorship, Ethicon 2009
- Lap-Band course and proctoring, Inamed Health 2004
- Preceptorship, Dr. MAL Fobi, Hawaiian Gardens, CA (ASBS) 2003
- Preceptorship, Dr. Robert Rabkin, San Francisco, CA (US Surgical Corp) 2002
- Preceptorship under Dr. Hershel Graves, Nashville, TN (ISFO) 1997-1998
Bariatric Leadership Experience
- ASBS Membership Committee 2002-2008
- ASBS Foundation, Walk from Obesity Physician Advisor 2003-2006
- Author, Resolution to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Executive Council 2004
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity
Certification
- Certified in LapBand procedure
- Fellow, of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Appointments
- Attending Surgeon, Inland Valley Regional Medical Center, Wildomar, California
- Attending Surgeon, Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona, California
- Attending Surgeon, Rancho Springs Medical Center, Murrieta, California
- Attending Surgeon, Menifee Valley Medical Center, Menifee, California
- Attending Surgeon, Temecula Valley Day Surgery Center, Murrieta, California
Languages Spoken
English
