Dr. Wittgrove, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon and a Bariatric Surgery specialist. He has performed over 10,000 bariatric surgeries till now. He performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in the world as a primary surgeon in 1993 and is known as the “father of laparoscopic gastric bypass”.
Medical background:
He did his Medical Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed his Surgical Residency training from Naval Medical Center.
Membership:
● American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Medical Director:
He is the Medical Director of Wittgrove Bariatric Center, del Mar, CA
Affiliated with other hospitals:
– Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla, La Jolla, California
– UC San Diego Health, San Diego, California
