Henry Buchwald, BA, MD, MS, PhD, a distinguished member of major surgical societies around the world, is the Director of the Fairview -University Obesity Surgery Center and the Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Recognized for numerous clinical and scholarly accomplishments, Dr. Buchwald has chaired or presided over the Surgical Council of the American College of Nutrition, the Central Surgical Association, the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, and others. In a rare tribute, Dr. Buchwald was read into the U.S. Senate Congressional Record in 1991.

A member of numerous editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Buchwald is listed in essentially all of the general, medical, and scientific Who’s Who publications. He also authored Buchwald’s Atlas of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgical Techniques and Procedures and co-authored Surgical Management of Obesity.