Neil Floch MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery Greenwich Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, Section of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Greenwich, CT
Neil Floch is an Associate professor of Surgery in the Division of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine and Director of Bariatric Surgery at Greenwich Hospital. Dr. Floch specializes in bariatric, anti-reflux/GERD, and minimally invasive surgeries including gallbladder and hernia surgery. He has performed thousands of gastric sleeve, gastric bypass surgeries, and also laparoscopic antireflux and hiatal hernias procedures.
He is highly regarded among his surgical colleagues in the academic surgical community for his dedication to his patients and for taking on complex procedures. Dr. Floch continues to present at both national and international conferences. He is quoted in many nationwide publications and news outlets. He lectures about social media and communications in obesity, medicine, and surgery. He has published books, chapters, and papers on reflux surgery, obesity, bariatric surgery, and the microbiome.
Dr. Floch served as the president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS). He is passionate about patient advocacy and has worked with the Connecticut legislature to develop and support a bill to increase access for obesity surgery care.
He graduated from Tufts University, Boston University School of Medicine, and finished his residency at Beth Israel Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at The Mayo Clinic. He has also received advanced laparoscopic training in the performance of the laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication, laparoscopic Paraesophageal hernia repair and laparoscopic Heller myotomy.