David C. Johnson Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

The patient is our central focus and our goal is individualized care that can provide the optimal results for management of obesity and the related medical problems. The vision of this practice is to provide up to date, comprehensive, responsive care that meets the state of the art in the field of surgical weight loss. The patient will have a person to contact with their questions and will have access to nursing, exercise, nutritional, medical, and surgical advice for an indefinite period of time after your surgery. We will plan to work with you as long as you will let us with the goal of annual contact for years to come. “I finished general surgery residency in the Phoenix area at Maricopa Medical Center in 1987 and have since gained 20 years of private practice experience in general surgery. My experience has provided a background of expertise in the surgical care of many different problems. Level I trauma surgery has been a thread throughout the years with the local trauma centers, including the designation of Instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support thru the American College of Surgeons. I began the use of laparoscopy in general surgery was in 1991 with some of the pioneers in the Phoenix area. My interest in bariatric and metabolic surgery began in the mid 1990’s with one of the local pioneers in open bypass surgery.” With the support of Banner Mesa Medical Center administrators in 2003 Dr. Johnson served as medical director and worked with a local medical center to set up a comprehensive bariatric surgery program. Dr. Johnson helped establish a successful program from the ground up that was capable of managing all of the various aspects of obesity. In 2007 Dr. Johnson partnered with Mountain Vista Medical Center to help provide direction and set up a brand-new hospital, surgical weight loss program. Dr. Johnson now serves as Medical Director of the program, and Chief of the Medical Staff with full support of the hospital to provide comprehensive bariatric services in the East Valley. The main procedures used are the adjustable gastric band (LapBand®),Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy, and revision surgery with stomaphyx. Other affiliations include: • American College of Surgeons (FACS) • American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS) • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) • Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)