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Alexander Ayzengart
Bariatric and Gastroesophageal Surgeon; Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
Nevada Surgical Associates; Department of Surgery, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
Reno, NV

Clinical expertise includes robotic bariatric, anti-reflux, and gastroesophageal cancer surgery. Board-certified through the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Past president-elect of the Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean state chapter of ASMBS, as well as, a former co-chair of the Florida Robotic Initiative for Development and Assessment (F.R.I.D.A.) – a statewide multi-institutional academic collaboration. Long-term committee member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), ASMBS, and the American Foregut Society (AFS).
Currently in private practice, as part of the Nevada Surgical Associates, and is a clinical adjunct assistant professor at the Department of Surgery, University of Nevada, Reno. Previously, employed as an assistant professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. Earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan medical school in Ann Arbor, MI. Completed general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and subspecialty training in advanced laparoscopic, robotic, and bariatric surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. in the capacity of a staff general surgeon at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Camp Pendleton and a department head at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan.
- Foregut
- Bariatric
- Robotics
- Education