Kerry Kole, D.O.

Dr. Kerry Kole is a bariatric and weight loss surgeon located in and affiliated with St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Oakland Center. Dr. Kole has 19 years of experience performing Lap-Band and other weight loss surgery. Currently 34 of our members have Dr. Kole listed as their Lap Band Surgeon.

Dr. Kole has a special interest in weight loss surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, general and emergency surgery and is fellowship-trained in trauma and critical care. He is board certified in general surgery. Among the types of bariatric surgery he performs are laparoscopic band placement (LAP-BAND), laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Stomaphyx, revision and conversion. He has performed more than 700 bariatric procedures, both open and laparoscopic. He is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and has been an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Michigan State University. He has authored more than 20 scientific articles and book chapters and is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS) and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons.