Bipan Chand, MD FACS FASMBS FASGE
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director – Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Medical Director - Surgical Endoscopy & Swallowing Center
Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Chand received his medical degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and completed a residency in general surgery and fellowship in advanced laparoscopy and endoscopy at The Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Chand stayed on as faculty at the Cleveland Clinic for over a decade and served as Director of Surgical Endoscopy and Director of the Advanced Minimally Invasive Fellowship. Dr. Chand also served as the Associate Program Director of the surgical residency program for six years. He subsequently joined Loyola University Chicago as Associate Professor of Surgery and Division Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery. He also has continued his role in resident education and has a faculty appointment in the Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Chand serves on numerous leadership committees within the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and has recently served as President of the local bariatric chapter.
Dr. Chand is a funded investigator who led research studies focusing on minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic surgery, and endoluminal therapies. He has authored and contributed to over 100 peer-reviewed journals and publications in these fields and has recently published a book on an evidence-based approach to minimally invasive surgery.
Dr. Chand’s areas of interest include obesity treatments (surgical and endoluminal), gastrointestinal surgery (gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett's esophagus, hiatal hernia, esophageal cancer), advanced endoscopy (EMR, ESD, Bariatric endoscopy), solid organ surgery (pancreas and spleen), abdominal wall reconstruction (inguinal and abdominal wall hernias) and robotics.