Joseph Chebli, MD

Dr.Chebli has personally performed more than 1,750 bariatric surgeries –one of the most in the three county region (Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte). All procedures are performed laparoscopically and include the Roux-en-y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, adjustable gastric banding, and revision procedures. Dr. Chebli’s focus is his patients’ “picture of health”; specifically the improvement of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and lipid disorders. Dr. Chebli was appointed to the Diabetes Advisory Council by Governor Rick Scott in November 2015. He was appointed the Chair-Elect of the Diabetes Advisory Council in 2016. Dr. Chebli is the only certified Surgeon of Excellence and Center of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) in the three county region. Venice Regional was designated a Comprehensive Center by MBSAQIP as well. He was named a “Top Doctor” by Seattle magazine for seven years in a row between 2007-2013. He was named a “Top Doctor” by Seattle Met magazine in 2012. He was named a “Top Doctor” by Sarasota Magazine in 2016, 2017, and 2018. He served as a medical director for bariatric surgery at the University of Washington Northwest Hospital and Medical Center from 2005-2012. He was the medical director for bariatric surgery at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center from 2010-2012. He has been the medical director of metabolic and bariatric surgery at Venice Regional since 2013. In September 2012, Dr. Chebli was appointed to the prestigious Access to Care Committee for the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). He has served on that committee as the STAR (State Access to Care Representative) for Florida since 2014. He has served as the chairman of the medical review board for t