P. Schauer

Dr. Philip R. Schauer M.D., FACS, is a Senior Consultant and Member of the Advisory Board for Obesity, Diabetes and Bariatrics.

A prominent surgeon, educator and researcher, Prof Schauer has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous research grants and has published numerous papers, abstracts and book chapters related to gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgery.

He serves as Chief of Minimally Invasive General Surgery and Director of the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Schauer serves as Professor of Surgery and Director of Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He serves as Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Director of the Surgical Weight Loss Center. His clinical areas of expertise include laparoscopic and gastrointestinal surgery. He served as President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery from 2006 to 2007.

A prominent surgeon, educator and researcher, Dr. Schauer joined the Cleveland Clinic in December 2004. He left the University of Pittsburgh after a nine-year tenure to assume these positions. He also serves as the Associate Editor for the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and is an Editorial Board Member for three other surgical journals. He serves as Director at the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. He served as a co-director of the DSS with Drs. Cummings, Kaplan and Rubino. He has also participated in developing surgical innovations that utilize minimally invasive, endoscopic and laparoscopic operative techniques. Dr. Schauer is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.