WELLNESS

Bariatric Surgery Volume 15: Multivitamin Use After Weight-loss Surgery w/ Dr. Isaias Irgau

Kemal is joined by Dr. Isaias Irgau of CHRIAS to discuss multivitamin use after weight-loss surgery. Dr. Isaias Irgau, MD, FACS, FRCS (Ed), FASMBS is president and co-founder of the Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery (CHRIAS). He has extensive experience with minimally invasive weight loss surgery. Dr. Irgau is board-certified in general surgery with the American Board of Surgery. In conjunction with his associate, Dr. Gail Wynn, he was the first to perform the LAP-BAND® procedure and the first to firmly establish the laparoscopic approach to Roux-n-Y gastric bypass in the state of Delaware. Dr. Irgau has personally performed over 2,000 bariatric procedures with excellent results. He and his associate Dr. Wynn started and established the Bariatric Surgery Program in two of Delaware’s leading medical centers – Christiana Hospital and St. Francis Hospital. With the addition of Dr. Michael Peters Jr., and Dr. Rahul Singh to CHRIAS, they eventually led the two hospitals to earn the prestigious designation of Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery – Christiana Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, and Bayhealth Medical