Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute

Dr. Jerry Dang is a board-certified surgeon completing a clinical fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery, bariatric surgery, and flexible surgical endoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Dang has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles on bariatric surgery and minimally invasive surgery, focusing on clinical and basic science. His basic science publications focus on the relationship between the gut microbiome, metabolome, bile acids, gut hormones, and bariatric surgery. He has a doctorate in philosophy, and his thesis is entitled "The Intestinal Physiology of Bariatric Surgery." Dr. Dang has won major grants, including the SAGES Research Grant, the Canadian Surgical Research Fund, and the ASMBS Research Grant. He was awarded the prestigious SAGES Researcher-in-Training and ASMBS International awards. Despite being early in his career, his work has been cited over 1000 times in important literature, including the SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery and the ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery.