Meet
Dr. Donald Waldrep

Medical Certifications & Education

• Board-Certified Surgeon with 25+ years in surgical and medical weight loss
• Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Fellow of the American Society for Weight loss & Metabolic Surgery (ASMBS)
• Certification by ASMBS Essentials, Advanced, and Masters Courses
• Certificates in weight-loss surgery training from the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University

Leadership & Academic Roles

• Medical Director for a Weight loss Surgery Center of Excellence
• Assistant Clinical Professor for the first Minimally Invasive Surgery division at University of Southern California
• Appointed to the inaugural Weight loss Surgery Review Committee (BSRC) of the Surgical Review Corporation
• Panel member for the Weight loss Surgery Policy Workgroup (California Association of Health Plans)
• Expert panelist for the Obesity Provider Toolkit by CMA Foundation and CAHP
• Panel member of the Weight loss Challenge Advisory Meeting consortium
• Panel member for Global Insights for Gastric Banding (one of six US leaders selected)

Innovations & Clinical Contributions

• Developer of The WRAP (Imbrication Gastroplasty), a minimally invasive stomach reshaping procedure
• First private-practice FDA sanctioned “Low BMI” Banding procedures and revision surgeries
• Leading U.S. experience in evaluating and promoting WRAP imbrication gastroplasty
• Early pioneer in advanced laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery
• Created a “top tier” single-surgeon weight loss surgical practice model

Surgical Expertise

• Personally performed several thousand laparoscopic weight-loss surgeries
• Extensive experience in Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, and ORBERA Balloon

Publications & Media Features

• Published in: Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Annals of Surgery, American Journal of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, American Surgeon
• Contributor to multiple textbook chapters
• Featured on NBC-TV, ABC-TV, E! Entertainment, and USA Today