Our Featured Surgeons

Dr Charles Smith Bollman Geary Community Hospital Education Residency - General Surgery Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, HI Internship - General Rotating Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, HI Doctor of Medicine University of Oklahoma Bachelor of Science Degree University of Oklahoma Certification National Board of Medical Examiners-Certified 1967 American Board of Surgery-Certified 1972 Licensed in Kansas 1974 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Memberships Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Fellow of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Southwestern Surgical Association American Medical Association American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Dr Fouad Hachem Geary Community Hospital Education Fellowship – Advanced Minimally Invasive Bariatric And Laparoscopic Surgery 2007 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Chief Resident – General Surgery 2006 SUNY – Downstate Medical Center, King’s County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY Residency – General Surgery 2005 SUNY – Downstate Medical Center, King’s County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY Chief Resident – General Surgery 2001 American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Residency – General Surgery 2000 American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Doctor of Medicine 1996 American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Bachelor of Sciences, Biology 1992 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Certification Kansas License (2007) American Board of Surgery (2006) Pennsylvania License (2006) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (2001) Lebanese Order of Physicians

Dr. Naim Temple Community Hospital Liv Lite VSG "I focused on bariatrics because it is a specialty that can change someone’s life in one treatment." says Dr. Naim "It’s amazing, often right after surgery the patients experiences a cure of their diabetes and high blood pressure and improvements or a cure of other conditions like sleep apnea and arthritis." Dr. H. Joseph Naim started his training at USC in Los Angeles graduating with a BA in Biology with honors. He went on to complete his medical training at the prestigious Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York with Distinction in Research, received another four years of training in general surgery at New York Methodist Hospital and then followed his interest in weight loss surgery to a one year fellowship at University Medical Center at Princeton under renowned Bariatric surgeon, Robert E. Brolin, MD. Dr. Naim started his Los Angeles practice in 2004, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the UC Irvine Medical Center, and has published numerous scientific articles. He is currently a member of multiple surgical societies including the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons and Temple Community Hospital where he performs the VSG procedure.

Dr Vincent Narsico Geary Community Hospital Education Residency - General Surgery 2005 University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS Via Christy-St. Francis Campus and Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS Internship - General Surgery 2001 Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA Doctor of Medicine 2000 University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS Certifications National Board of Medical Examiners Kansas License Memberships Kansas Medical Society American Medical Association American College of Surgeons

Dr Jamshid Nazarian Temple Community Hospital Education & Training Internship, residency, chief residency, general surgery New York Hospitals Thoracic surgery fellowship: Wayne State University, Hahnemann UniversityDoctor of Medicine Memberships American College of Surgeons International College of Surgeons American Society for Bariatric Surgery