Dr. Ballem, MD, FACS, is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 23 years of experience and is a Bariatric Surgery and General Surgery specialist. His area of expertise includes – Abdominal Hernia surgeries, Bariatric Surgeries, Bariatric Medicine, and other related Obesity diseases.

Medical background:

He did his Medical Degree from the University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine. He completed his Surgical Residency from Harlem Hospital Center. Further, he went to the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University of Alabama Medical Center for his Fellowship training in Endocrine & Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery.

Membership:

• Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• Endocrine Society
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Self- Practice:

• At Ballem Surgical and Hunterdon Healthcare

Affiliated with other hospitals:

• Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ
• Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City NJ
• Morristown Memorial, Morristown, NJ
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center, West Orange, NJ
• Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ
• New York Bariatric Group