He completed his internship at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center; his residency at Drexel University College of Medicine; and his laparoscopic fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). He is affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York. He is licensed in New York and New Jersey. His primary interests lie in minimally invasive surgery and the study of long-term weight loss success with his entire team at Tri-State Bariatrics. Ramon E. Rivera, MD, FACS