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Meet Your Bariatric Weight Loss Team

Our bariatric surgery doctors are board-certified and fellowship trained, with specialization in advanced, minimally invasive and robotic-assisted weight loss procedures. Your team of bariatric surgery doctors is dedicated to you, your goals, and your health for the long term.

Omar Bellorian, MD

Dr. Omar Bellorian received his medical degree and completed his first general surgery residency at the Central University of Venezuela and University Hospital of Caracas. He completed a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric Institute in Florida and a second residency in general surgery at New York-Presbyterian Queens. Dr. Bellorian completed several fellowships in minimally invasive, advanced gastrointestinal, metabolic and bariatric surgeries at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College with rotations at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Melanie Howell, MD

Dr. Melanie Howell earned her medical degree at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, and then a fellowship in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Howell also has a master's degree in pharmacology from Tulane. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) as well as the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

Mikhail Botvinov, MD Stephanie Vaimakas, MD

Struggling with weight for years, Sayuri felt like nothing worked-until she found Holy Name's expert bariatric team.

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