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 Daniel Cottam, M.D.
Dr. Cottam grew up in Houston, Texas. He left Texas to complete his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University. From there he went back to Texas for medical school at the University of Texas. His residency was completed at Nassau University Medical Center in Long Island, New York. It was there his interest in bariatric surgery began. Dr. Cottam completed a two year fellowship at the prestigious Mark Ravitch/Leon C. Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. During his time there, he performed hundreds of bariatric surgeries as well as groundbreaking research on inflammation in obesity, diabetes and bariatric surgery, and the training of bariatric surgeons. He also helped pioneer the sleeve gastrectomy as a weight loss procedure.
Dr. Cottam began his practice in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he specialized in bariatric surgery, including gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable banding, abdominal wall reconstructions, and complex revisional bariatric surgery. He was one of the first surgeons in the nation to offer revisional endoscopic bariatric surgery. While in Las Vegas he helped teach other physicians how to perform bariatric surgery safely and effectively. He also served as a professor of surgery at Touro University Medical Center.
Dr. Cottam has published over 40 articles and book chapters on obesity surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The North American Society for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), and the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He is most proud of his work with cancer and obesity and was the first to propose a mechanism for the high rates of cancer suffered by the morbidly obese. He lectures all over the world regarding these topics and was the first surgeon to perform gastric bypass surgery in India while teaching Indian surgeons how to perform this procedure.
Weight Loss Surgery Options:
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
- Bileopancreatic Diversion also known as the Duodenal Switch
 Christina G. Richards, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Christina Richards is a board-certified general surgeon with a specialty in laparoscopic surgery. She performs laparoscopic and open gastric bypass procedures, as well as the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
Dr. Richards graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1986, and went on to receive a Master's in Exercise Physiology at Ohio State University. She received her medical degree from Ohio State University in 1993, and completed her general surgery residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she served as administrative chief resident from 1997-1998 and received the "Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Surgery Resident" award. She completed a fellowship at the University of Washington's Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Richards has been in private practice since 1999 and is a current member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. She partnered with Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in July of 2004 to provide surgical weight loss services focused on excellence in patient care both pre and post operatively.
Weight Loss Surgery Options:
- Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
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