Bariatric Doctor Thomas R. Brown established the Colorado Bariatric Surgery Institute in 2001. It is a nationally recognized Center of Excellence practice. He is a leading surgeon in the development of bariatric procedures in Colorado. He is the most experienced robotic bariatric surgeon in the Rocky Mountain region. Robotic bariatric surgery is the next step forward in advanced technology in weight-loss surgery. It makes surgery even more precise with quality outcomes. Dr. Brown earned his medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago.

Meet the Doctor

About Thomas R. Brown, MD
Medical Education
Medical Degree: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Surgery Residency: Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, Ohio Board Certification: General Surgery, July 1989; re-certified 1999, 2009 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons: October 1993 – current Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: January 2007 – current International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity: January 2002 – current Designated a Bariatric Surgery of Excellence with P/SL: October 28, 2005; recertified October 2009
Practice Experience
Military: General Surgeon (Major), U.S. Air Force, Beale AFB; California General Surgeon, Desert Storm, March AFB Group Practice: General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado Current Private Practice: Colorado Bariatric Surgery Institute
- Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, CO
Surgical Experience
- Robotic bariatric surgery
- Laparoscopic bariatric surgery
- Colon resection
- Nissen fundoplication
- Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
- Inguinal hernia repair (groin hernia)
- Appendectomy
- Heller myotomy
- Highly selective vagotomy
- Splenectomy
- Diagnostic laparoscopy for malignancy or chronic pain
- Paraesophageal hernia repair
- Surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease