Meet Jeffrey W. Chiao, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Meet Jeffrey W. Chiao, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Jeffrey Chiao

Education

Dr. Chiao is a board certified bariatric and general surgeon, and a partner in the New York Bariatric Group. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Dr. Chiao is the medical director for the New York region of the New York Bariatric Group, as well as the medical director of endoscopy in the Manhattan location. He also serves as director of bariatric surgery at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, New York.

Dr. Chiao graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he developed a profound interest in minimally invasive techniques in all aspects of surgery, especially bariatrics. Following his general surgery training, Dr. Chiao completed his fellowship in Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he performed over 400 operations at one of the busiest bariatric centers in the country. He has attended and participated in numerous conferences and courses.

Accomplishments

He holds memberships and certificates in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, Clinical Robotic Surgical Association, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. He has also written a chapter specifically about bariatric surgery in a renowned surgical textbook (Acute Care Surgery).

Dr. Chiao joined the New York Bariatric Group in 2014 after he completed his fellowship. His practice is based primarily in New York City and Long Island, and as one of the busiest bariatric surgeons in the region, has performed well over three thousand bariatric surgeries at the New York Bariatric Group. Dr. Chiao utilizes his extensive training and experience to provide compassionate and expert bariatric care to his patients. He offers a wide breadth of bariatric options to his patients, including sleeve gastrectomy, Lap Band, duodenal switch, bariatric revisions, gastric balloon, general surgery, and medical weight loss.

Insurances Accepted:

  • Cigna
  • Surgery Plus
  • 1199
  • Aetna
  • GHI
  • HIP
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • United Healthcare
  • Oxford

Exclusive Locations:

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Fidelis Care
  • Affinity
  • Healthfirst
  • Oscar
  • United Healthcare Community Plan