Welcome!

Our general surgery patients receive all the benefits of minimally invasive surgery with shorter recovery and decreased risks after laparoscopic surgery for variety of diseases:

• Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer, polyps and diverticulosis
• Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with Nissen fundoplication for giant diaphragmatic or hiatal hernia and/or gastro-esophageal reflux
• Laparoscopic ventral and inguinal hernia repair which have became a state-of-the-art approach to abdominal wall hernia associated with lower rate of complications and very low recurrence rate as well as laparoscopic gastric surgery and laparoscopic splenectomy and other minimally invasive procedures.

We offer our patients two new incisionless surgical options for treatment of insufficient weight loss or recurrent obesity after gastric bypass procedure and gastroesophageal reflux disease with no or small hiatal hernia: StomaphyX and EsophyX. These endoscopic procedures performed through the mouth under anesthesia allows the reduction of the size of the gastric pouch opening (stoma), increasing restriction and facilitating early satiety.  It re-creates normal valve between the esophagus and the stomach relieving constant heartburn and decreasing or eliminating daily use of antacid medication.

The St. Agnes Hospital is conveniently located near I-95 and the Baltimore beltway and is within short driving distance from Annapolis, Bowie, Columbia, Dundalk, Gaithersburg, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Frederick, Laurel, Perry Hall, Rockville, Towson, Silver Spring and other towns of Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, Harford, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties as well as Greater Washington, DC area.

When you visit our office, you’ll be surrounded by a patient-centered, compassionate team of bariatric professionals who are dedicated to helping you fight the war against obesity.  Our entire staff is committed to assisting you on your weight loss journey or address you other surgical needs.

Part of our commitment to serving our patients includes providing information that helps them make informed decisions about their surgical weight loss attempts and choose wisely between different surgical options for morbid obesity and a variety of other surgical diseases.  This website is a resource we hope you’ll find both useful and interesting.

Being a trained general surgeon and surgical oncologist with advanced minimally invasive or laparoscopic skills, we are uniquely positioned to provide you with cutting edge and state-of-the-art surgical treatments for variety of general surgeries and gastro-intestinal problems as well for cancers of the stomach, colon and rectum and other gastro-intestinal malignancies.

Contact our office today to schedule a consultation!

We genuinely hope that our website is helpful to you in learning more about our practice, bariatric surgery and other laparoscopic surgical procedures as well as developing a healthy lifestyle.

Please browse through our website and be sure to give us a call if you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment.  We look forward to meeting you soon!

Wishing you health and happiness,

Andrew Averbach, M.D., FACS

Director, Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery

St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD