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Prince Frederick, MD-CalvertHealth Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Ramzi Alami, MD, FACS, and FASMBS to its surgical team. Dr. Alami is an authority in the field of bariatric surgery, including sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic and open gastric bypass, and adjustable gastric banding. He has completed more than 2,000 operations. He also performed complex revision surgery.

"Becoming a surgeon is natural for me. The uniqueness of weight loss therapy is that it allows you to follow patients for a long time, when you see the results you have on people’s lives and the impact you have helped make, It is very worthwhile," Dr. Alami said.

Dr. Alami's career spans two continents. He has specialized and worked in the United States for more than 14 years, providing treatment for patients with various weight-related problems, including morbid obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and related diseases. Therefore, Dr. Alami also supervises and teaches other surgeons in the field. Although his main focus is bariatric surgery, Dr. Alami also covers digestive system surgery such as ulcers, hernias, gallbladder, stomach and colon cancer, appendicitis, diverticulitis, etc. He uses minimally invasive techniques to perform most operations, including laparoscopic surgery, single incision laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery.

Dr. Alami completed a scholarship for advanced minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Stanford University and served as a surgical lecturer there. In addition, he is accredited by the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgery and a Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is also an active member of the International Bariatric Surgery Federation and the American Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery.

Dr. Alami and Dr. Ervind Bhogte were in practice in Suite 210 of the Frederick Prince Calvert Medical Office Building and surgeons Dr. Tsangaris, Dr. Ehrmantraut and Dr. Wuamett.

To schedule an appointment, please call 410.414.9017.

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