Meet Our Jacksonville Bariatric Surgeons
ROBERT CYWES, MD, PhD
Dr. Robert Cywes is a board certified pediatric and general adult surgeon, specializing in bariatric surgery. He was the first surgeon in Northeast Florida to be certified to perform the LAP-BAND® surgery. His medical training began in Cape Town, South Africa where he received his medical degree from The University of Cape Town.
In 1989, Dr. Cywes moved to North America and completed a year-long residency in pediatric surgery at Ohio State University’s Columbus Children’s Hospital before moving to Canada where he completed his general surgery residency and specialized in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cywes also earned a PhD…
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ERIC PINNAR, MD, FACS
A physician specializing in cutting edge and minimally invasive Advanced Laparoscopic and Endoluminal Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Pinnar has successfully treated thousands of obese patients in his clinical practice in the Northern Virginia / Maryland / Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, and now in Jacksonville, Florida. He received his M.D. degree from The Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University in 1994. Dr. Pinnar then completed his General Surgery Internship and Residency at the Guthrie Clinic in Pennsylvania in 1999. In 1997, during his training at the Guthrie Clinic, he was instrumental in developing a bariatric surgical program and began performing bariatric surgery…
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DANIEL T. AYERS, PA-C – Physician Assistant
Dan Ayers, the youngest of 4 children, was born in Manassas, Virginia. After graduating high school, Dan went to Alderson-Broaddus College, a small Baptist liberal arts college in West Virginia where he finished up his undergraduate and PA degree. Through hours of dedication and hard work, he made the dean’s list throughout PA school. During his internship training, Dan enjoyed the standard rotations in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, ER, OB/GYN, and general surgery. He also chose elective rotations in spinal cord injury and trauma surgery.
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