Denis J Halmi, M.D.,F.A.C.S.

Dr. Denis Halmi is a bariatric and weight loss surgeon located in and affiliated with Fair Oaks Hospital. Dr. Halmi has 19 years of experience performing Lap-Band and other weight loss surgery. Currently 121 of our members have Dr. Halmi listed as their Lap Band Surgeon.

Professional Presentations and Publications-Mini Open Roux en Y Gastric Bypass with Simultaneous Cholecystectomy Presented at the European Symposium of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Prague - May 2004 -Mini Open Roux en Y Gastric Bypass: Surgical Technique Poster at the European Symposium of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Prague - May 2004 -Incidence of Rhabdomyolysis in Bariatric Surgical Patients Poster at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, California - June 2004 -Mini Open Roux en Y Gastric Bypass: 1200 anastomoses without leak Presented at the World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Tokyo - September 2004 -Mini Open Roux en Y Gastric Bypass: a safe and cost effective alternative to open and laparoscopic bariatric surgery Presented at the XXXIV World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Ecuador - October 2004 -Mini Open Roux en Y Gastric Bypass: Complications and Difficulties Presented at the XXXIV World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Ecuador - October 2004 -Non Purse-String Circular LIS Gastro - jejunostomy for Roux en Y Gastric Bypass: A Simplified Approach Published in Obesity Surgery Volume 14, Nov/Dec. 2004 page 1419-1422 -Risk Assessment: Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Rhabdomyolysis in Bariatric Patients Poster at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida - June 2005 -Mini-Laparotomy Revisional Operations for the Treatment of Postoperative Surgical Complications and Unsuccessful Initial Bariatric Procedures Presented at the World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Maastricht - September 2005 -Mini-Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as the Operation of Choice for the Majority of Morbidly Obese Patients Presented at the World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Maastricht - September 2005 -"Tightening Jacket" Abdominoplasty After Weight Loss Surgical Procedures Done by Bariatric Surgeon Presented at the World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Maastricht - September 2005