Biography

Dr. Dennis C. Smith received his BS in Chemical Engineering at M.I.T., in Cambridge, MA and worked as a chemical engineer in the air separation industry for several years before going to medical school at Rutgers in New Jersey. He then did his general surgical residency at UAB in Birmingham, AL.He has been involved in bariatric surgery since 1997, and has done laparoscopic bariatric surgery since 1998, including his first laparoscopic Duodenal Switch procedure in 1999. From 2000 to 2015, Dr. Smith served as the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program for the WellStar Health System in Marietta, GA. In March, 2015 Dr. Smith joined the Bariatric Surgery Program at AdventHealth Celebration Hospital in Celebration, FL and became Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Celebration in 2019.Dr. Smith performs the Sleeve Gastrectomy, the RNY Gastric Bypass, and the Duodenal Switch procedures, as well as complex revisions, and is involved with teaching robotic bariatric techniques.Dr. Smith has served on various committees over the years with the ASMBS and SAGES, and as a site surveyor for the MBSAQIP accreditation program, and now serves as a member of the ASMBS Access to Care Committee and on the Board of the Florida Chapter of the ASMBS.