Dr. Andrew Larson, MD, FACS, FASMBS is a board certified general, laparoscopic, and bariatric surgeon, one of only a couple hundred physicians in the world currently directing an internationally certified “Center of Excellence” program offering weight loss surgery.

Dr. Larson has published multiple peer-reviewed medical journal articles and presented scientific research at national conferences. Along with his wife, Ivy Larson, he has authored three national top selling books to date in addition to serving as the medical expert for the Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living: Weight Loss book

He is an Affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor at the Schmidt College of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University and a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Surgery for the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

Dr. Larson graduated with distinction from Cornell University, where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering. He earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, consistently ranked amongst the top five medical schools in North America. Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine Dr. Larson has trained at some of the nation’s most storied medical institutions including:

• Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation’s first hospital
• Philadelphia’s Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• New York’s prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• New Jersey’s premier heart hospital, the Newark-Beth Israel Medical Center
• New Jersey’s Monmouth Medical Center, a referral center for minimally invasive surgery

Dr. Larson presently works in Palm Beach County, Florida where he serves as medical director for JFK Medical Center’s Bariatric Wellness and Surgical Institute, a certified “Center of Excellence” facility for weight loss surgery. Dr. Larson is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity. He holds a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons and is a board member of the Palm Beach County Medical Society. Dr. Larson sits on the nutritional advisory board for Barlean’s, a nationally distributed and award-winning manufacturer of nutrition products.

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