Bengt F. Pehrsson M.D. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Bengt Pehrsson received his medical degree at the University of Munich in West Germany. Upon completion of his general medical training, he was accepted to the residency program at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He did his training primarily at what was then known at Charity Hospital in the heart of the city. After his 5 years of general residency he continued with his education receiving an additional year of training in Colon/Rectal surgery as a Fellow at the Alton Ochsner Foundation in New Orleans.
A member of the Boards of both General Surgery and Colon/Rectal Surgery, he began practicing in the San Gabriel Valley in 1982. He maintains active membership in the American College of Surgeons, SAGES, the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, American Society of Gastroenterology and Society of colon and Rectal Surgeons.
With his extensive training and experiences in general and colon/rectal surgery, he became an early advocate of Bariatric surgery, specifically with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Performing these procedures since 1991, they were initially all preformed as open surgical cases but now they are done almost exclusively laparoscopic. With his vast training and year of experience in this procedure he is the only surgeon in the San Gabriel Valley performing laparoscopic revisions of Bariatric surgery.
During the past 14 years he has traveled extensively on the West Coast speaking to groups about Bariatric surgery and obesity. An early advocate for weight loss surgeries, he is the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, California.
An avid fisherman, he and his wife Denise reside in the San Gabriel Valley. They have two children, both currently attending University.
Member Interests
Web Development - On my free time I like to design web pages, I did my husbands bus. and mine too
Adoption - Both of my kids are adopted, I couldn't have my own because of my heart.
Singing - I love to sing. I used to do it professionally when I was young.
Scrapbooks - This is another part of my business, Scrapbook album pages.
Spanish - I speak English, Spanish and a little French
Christianity - I'm Catholic and a believer, but I don't go to church.
Frogs - I have a big collection. I got tired of them. I have too many.
Rubber Stamping - I actually have a small business, I do cards to sell. Christina's Collection
Horror - I love horror movies, the more blood and killing the better LOL
Hispanic/Latino - My family is from Spain, I was born in Mexico and move to Ca on 1998