The Bariatrics Team

Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS, Surgical Director
Dr. Daniel B. Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, Chief of Service at University Hospital, and Assistant Dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Jones graduated from Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed his Surgery residency and Minimally Invasive Surgery research fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Following his training, he joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and founded the Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. His team performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in Texas in 1997 at Parkland Hospital. In 2003, Dr. Jones joined Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), where he was Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive
Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at BIDMC. At Harvard, he founded the Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center, serving as its Director. Full Bio

Bao-ngoc Nasri, MD
Bariatric Surgeon

Darlene Felix
Bariatric Physician’s Assistant

Rosa Williams
Bariatric Physician’s Assistant

Milcah Graves, MSN, NP
Bariatric Nurse Practitioner

Savitri Sutton, MSN, MBA
Director of Surgical Subspecialties

Nick Santoiemma, BSN
Nurse Manager

Dennis Dennis
Nutritionist

Alex Padilla, MBA, BA-CSW
Bariatric Support Coordinator

Yasette Morales
Bariatric Patient Navigator/Surgical Scheduler