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Chief of Metabolic Surgery

The Obesity Control Center is pleased and honored to include Dr. Hector Bernal among our esteemed surgical team. His work and research has literally altered the field of diabetes control and changed the course of history.

Dr. Bernal is one of the youngest surgeons to perform revolutionizing surgical procedures that cure diabetes in a subset of Type II diabetic patients. He is now recognized along with his partner as the “Fathers of Metabolic Surgery” and has participated in over 1,000 surgeries through his medical practice in Brazil. As our newest partner and Director of Metabolic Surgery at OCC, Dr. Bernal oversees the hospital’s Bypass Surgery programs and has developed, along with Dr. Ortiz, the new DLL or Dual Long Limb Metabolic ByPass procedure that is outperforming any diabetes surgery to date. This is an historical procedure that is literally bringing a complete cure and freedom to thousands of qualified patients.

Dr. Bernal is an internationally known and frequent guest lecturer at medical community conferences around the world. He is currently active in groundbreaking research in the field of diabetes and is one of the world’s leading innovators in the field.