Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS

Director, Division of Bariatric Surgery
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals

The Weight Loss Surgery Center at St. Lukes and Roosevelt Hospitals is under the leadership of Dr. Julio Teixeira, a nationally recognized expert in the surgical treatment of obesity. Dr. Teixeira’s practice is solely dedicated to minimally invasive surgery, which offers patients less pain, fewer wound complications, quicker recovery time, and faster return to normal activity than traditional surgery.

Since 1998, Dr. Teixeira has performed over 1000 laparoscopic gastric bypass and banding procedures. Having an interest in clinical research, he has participated in the FDA multi-center clinical trial for the Swedish Adjustable Band and has research protocols for Pediatric/Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery.

Since 2000, Dr. Teixeira has trained other surgeons through introductory and advanced courses in minimally invasive weight loss surgery techniques. He has published in medical journals and has presented his findings and clinical outcomes at numerous professional society meetings worldwide.

Prior to arriving at St. Lukes and Roosevelt Hospitals, Dr. Teixeira was Director of Bariatric Surgery and Director of Telemedicine at Montefiore Medical Center. He remains an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Board certified in General Surgery, Dr. Teixeira is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) and the Society of American Gastrointesinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He has been listed on Castle Connolly’s & New York Magazine’s list of Top 100 Minimally Invasive Surgeons.

Blandine Laferrere, MD

Attending, Department of Medicine
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals

In France Dr. Blandine Laferrère completed medical school in 1981, her residency in internal medicine in 1986, and her fellowship in endocrinology in 1989. She moved to the US and repeated a residency in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital and a fellowship in endocrinology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. She has extensive clinical experience in the fields of diabetes and obesity.

Blandine Laferrère is currently an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an Attending at St Luke's/ Roosevelt Hospital Center in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Nutrition. She is also a Research Associate at the New York Obesity Research Center. Her research focus is to understand the pathophysiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to the development and maintenance of obesity and associated metabolic disease such as diabetes. More specifically, she is investigating the role of glucocorticoids, leptin, insulin and gut peptides, such as ghrelin and GLP-1, in human obesity and diabetes.