Robin Blackstone, MD
Surgeon and Director, Scottsdale Bariatric Center
Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Program

Dr. Blackstone is one of the few women surgeons in the world specializing in the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. With her practice focused entirely on Weight Loss Surgery, she is committed to providing patients with the very best care possible.

From a fourth generation Arizona family, Dr. Blackstone grew up in the Grand Canyon National Park. She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson after high school and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy. After being accepted as a medical student at the University of Texas in San Antonio, she graduated and received her Doctor of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Blackstone then completed her General Surgery residency at the University of Colorado graduating in 1993 as a General Surgeon specializing in the leading-edge field of Advanced Laparoscopic surgery.

In 1996, Dr. Blackstone returned to Arizona and established her private practice in Scottsdale – specializing in Advanced Laparoscopic General Surgery and Surgical Oncology. Dr. Blackstone first became interested in Gastric Bypass surgery for the morbidly obese after a close family member had the surgery in 1999. Fascinated by a very successful and obviously life-changing outcomes she established a medical model for obesity treatment that spans the continuum of disease and includes medical and surgical weight loss. Scottsdale Bariatric Center was one of the first Centers in the United States to be recognized as a Center of Excellence by Caesar’s Entertainment Group through a competitive process based on structure, process and outcomes.

In 2004, Dr. Blackstone was named to the American College of Surgeons National Faculty in Bariatric Surgery and serves on the Surgical Review Corporation Review Committee for National Centers of Excellence and as a founding Board Member of the Obesity Action Coalition. Dr. Blackstone has been an outspoken advocate of outcome based medical practice. The Scottsdale Bariatric Center was recently named as an American Society of Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

• ASBS (Regular Member)
• SAGES
• AMA
• ABS

Hospital Affiliations
ObesityHelp.com members selecting Dr. Blackstone as their surgeon have posted reviews on the following hospitals: Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Campus (COE) - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale Healthcare Shea - Scottsdale--dup--, AZ

Arizona Medical Board 
Accurate as of: 5/12/03 (Verified. Spoke with Susan on 5/12/03.)
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Licensee Name:      Robin Staerkel Blackstone
License Status:     Active	
License Number:     24199	
License Type:       MD	
Address:            10200 North 92nd Street, Suite 220	
City, State, Zip:   Scottsdale, Arizona  85258 
Orig. License Date: 6/7/96 (issue date)		
Education:          University of Texas at San Antonio
                     San Antonio, Texas
Residency:          University of Colorado at Denver
                     Denver, Colorado
Fellowship:         American College of Surgeons
                     Chicago, Illinois (Verified – 5/12/03) 

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Received specialized training in laparoscopic bariatric surgery techniques by:
        
       Dr. Allen Wittgrove in 2002
       Dr. Kelvin Higa in 2002
       Darwin Zahn in 2002
       Inamed Health on the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System in 2002

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Key Professional Achievements and Awards:

       Chair, Scottsdale Healthcare, Shea Campus Cancer Committee 
       Fellow, American College of Surgeons (Verified – 5/12/03)

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ASBS Member
(Verified – 5/12/03)

AMA Member
(Verified- 5/12/03)

ABS Member
(Verified. Spoke with Terri H., on 5/12/03.)

SAGES Member
(Verified. Spoke with Anthony Ramsey, on 5/12/03.)