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Dr. Claire Terez, MD
Claire Terez, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained laparoscopic and robotic bariatric and general surgeon. She grew up in New Jersey and obtained her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. She then remained at Rutgers-NJMS for her general surgery residency training followed by her fellowship training in Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal surgery here at Advanced Surgical and Bariatrics under the direction of Dr. Ragui Sadek. She agreed to stay on as a full time surgeon and we are excited to welcome her as one of the newest members of our team.
Dr. Terez performs laparoscopic and robotic sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, revisional bariatric surgery and surgery for severe acid reflux as well as numerous general surgery procedures such as hernia repair and cholecystectomy. She has published research and presented nationally on bariatric and minimally invasive surgery. She has a special interest in the use of weight loss medications and their application within the field of bariatric surgery. She truly enjoys helping patients meet both their weight loss goals and their non-scale victories.
Dr. Terez enjoys spending her free time with her family, including her husband and son James. Together they love relaxing at the Jersey Shore. She also enjoys yoga, pilates and doing DIY projects around their house.
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very supportive
The office staff is great and there is never a long wait. The doctors are very supportive in this new change in your life. Everyone I tell about my upcoming surgery, says that this practice is the best. It’s very comforting to hear others confirm that I made the right choice.
Erik R.
Dr. Ragui Sadek is a premier surgeon who established a state-of-the-art and one of the safest bariatric surgery programs in the state. Dr. Sadek has fellowship training in both laparoscopic/bariatric surgery and surgical trauma/critical care, allowing him to safely perform complex surgeries on patients who have been turned down by other practices. As a Clinical Assistant Professor of surgery at RWJ Medical School & the Director of bariatric surgery program at RWJ University Hospital, Dr. Sadek offers a cutting-edge range of laparoscopic, robotic, & bariatric surgical procedures with a complication rate substantially below the national average.
Dr. Sadek is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Having performed more than three thousand advanced surgical procedures, Dr. Sadek has established a strong patient satisfaction rate and a solid reputation among the surgical community and is renowned as a top physician in his field by International Association of Healthcare Professionals. As a board-certified surgeon, he holds affiliations with the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the Society of American Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons. More about Dr. Sadek
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