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James T. Mayes III, MD, FACS

Dr. Mayes graduated medical school at the University of Chicago in 1979. He completed residency training at the University of Illinois/Cook County Hospital in Chicago in 1986.

During that time he did advanced immunology research at Scripps Research Institute in LaJolla, California. Dr. Mayes did his fellowship training in transplantation surgery, graduating in 1988. This included kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation, including advanced Hepatobiliary surgery. More...

J. R. Salameh, MD, FACS

Dr. J. R. Salameh is a Board-certified general surgeon and a fellowship trained laparoendoscopic surgery specialist. After obtaining his M.D. from Saint Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon), Dr. Salameh did his General Surgery training at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and then completed a Laparoscopic/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas). Prior to joining Surgical Associates at Virginia Hospital Center in July 2007, he was Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Surgery Simulation Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS). More...

Michelle Laputz, RN

Michelle is our Bariatric Surgery Coordinator. She works to help educate our patients prior to and following surgery. She assists in appointment scheduling, phone triage and organizing all paperwork for insurance review in preparation for bariatric surgery. She organizes our seminars and runs our postoperative support groups. She is a very knowledgeable and compassionate nurse with years of clinical and administrative experience. She is a member of the National Association of Bariatric Nurses.

Monica Garey

Monica is the helpful and friendly voice you hear when you call our office. She is our receptionist and also does all the office scheduling, insurance verification and billing. She has a lot of prior experience in healthcare. She will go out of her way to make your office visit smooth and comfortable.

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