About Me

Dr. Robert E. Brolin is one of the nation's leaders in bariatric surgery. His surgical competency is known worldwide and his dedication to his patients is unsurpassed.

EXPERIENCE
*Nearly 3,000 bariatric operations performed;
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Gastroplasty
Nearly 300 revision operations (for complications or
unsatisfactory weight loss after a previous bariatric
operation)

*Administrative leadership in bariatric surgery;
2000-2001 President of American Society of Bariatric
Surgery (ASBS)
ASBS Executive Council member for over 10 years
ASBS Committee Member for over 18 years

*Academic leadership in bariatric surgery;
80 publications
150 national/international lectures
16 chapters in medical textbooks
60 published abstracts

*Research leadership in bariatric surgery;
Participant/speaker 1991 National Institute of Health
(NIH) consensus Development Panel on Gastrointestinal
surgery for Severe Obesity
Cochairman ASBS/NIH sponsored workshop on research
considerations in bariatric surgery

*25 years of experience in bariatric surgery

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Education
DePauw University 1966 - 1970
(Holland, MI)
University of Michigan School 1970 - 1974
of Medicine
(Ann Arbor, MI)

Postgraduate Training
Internship/Residency 1974 - 1980
University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center

*Teacher for entire 30-year career
*20 years on full time faculty at UMDNJ - Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School
*Preceptor for American Society for Bariatric Surgery
(ASBS)
*Original and active member of the ASBS committee that
designated the preceptorship program
*Compiled the written examination for preceptees

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
(Piscataway, NJ)
Assistant Professor of Surgery 06/01/80 - 06/30/84
Associate Professor of Surgery 07/01/84 - 06/30/89
Chief, Section of 07/01/88 - 04/13/99
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Professor of Surgery 07/01/89 - 09/30/00
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
Associate, Graduate Faculty 07/01/89 - present
Department of Engineering
Associate, Graduate Faculty 09/23/92 - present
Applied Human Nutrition/Dietetics
University Medical Center at Princeton (Princeton, NJ)
Adjunct Professor of Surgery 07/09/02 - present
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA)

FELLOWSHIP IN BARIATRIC SURGERY
*Organized the first fellowship devoted entirely
to bariatric surgery
*Member of ASBS fellowship training committee

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery 12/14/81 (#27341)
American Board of Surgery 01/08/92 (#27341) recertified
American Board of Surgery 12/16/01 (#27341) recertified

MEDICAL LICENSURES
State of New Jersey