Our Surgeon
Terry Simpson M.D.
We believe a surgeon should be available to you. Today when many practices
rush through patients, we give you access to your surgeon. Access through email , the internet, the telephone, and in the office. Did you ever have a simple question you wanted to ask your doctor? Imagine if you could email and ask a simple question—no office, no co-pays, just a simple question that is answered quickly – a fast email. It isn’t just a dream—it is the way we run our practice.We believe a surgeon does more than operate. The surgeon is a unique person who knows your anatomy—knows you inside and out
Dr. Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from The University of Chicago, and surgical residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, as well as a Fellow in The American College of Surgeons. He has authored three books about weight loss surgery as well as a number of articles.
Dr. Simpson is the medical editor for OH magazine, as well as on the Advisory board for Obesityhelp Inc.
Dr. Simpson has been doing weight loss surgery and laparoscopic surgery since 1991. He began doing laparoscopic bariatric surgery in 1994. He has done thousands of laparoscopic cases. Dr. Simpson's first band patients were in 2003, and after seeing the results of the LAP-BAND in his own patients he decided to only do the LAP-BAND surgery for weight loss.
“My nurse, who could have had any weight loss operation, chose to have the LAP-BAND. She had her choice of any of the operations we offered at the time, the RNY the lap-DS and the LAP-BAND. She had her weight loss operation on a Tuesday and was back to work on Monday. That was four years ago. She lost her excess weight in a year and has kept it off ever since”
“Surgery, like all of medicine, advances. Antibiotics change, heart stents now have special coatings so they last longer, artificial hips now last 45 years instead of 10 years. All of medicine advances. When we did the RNY it was the most advanced surgery at the time. The LAP-BAND is the most advanced, safest surgery offered today. It now has a proven record in this country as well as in Europe and Australia.”
Dr. Simpson loves to stay in touch with his patients, and answers their emails, even between surgery cases—on his blackberry.
Dr. Simpson is a proctor for the company that makes the band, Allergan. Having performed LAP-BAND surgery on more patients than anyone in Arizona. Dr. Gowen Nirmal was proctored by Dr. Simpson -- and Dr.Nirmal is employed by American Institute of Gastric Banding-- a Texas company that sells more bands than anyone -- in Arizona they are called TrueResults, and starting their own band practice in Arizona. We welcome trueresults to the state. More surgeons will be learning how to do the band -- and thanks to Dr. Simpson's efforts, with our new fellowship -- we will teach them how to take care of patients after surgery. "While proctoring surgeons how to install the band," Dr. Simpson noted, "We tried to share with them the most important part of the band, and that is how to take care of people once they have it -- or aftercare. So, we are starting a new fellowship program at Surgical Specialty hospital, teaching surgeons the importance of not just the operation, but how to take care of the band after surgery."
When coming to his office, if you love dogs, be sure to ask to see Diego.
Diego is the certified therapy dog who roams the office in search of people he can help. He loves patients with bands, and kids. He is gentle and is one of the dedicated staff members to help our patients get to their goal.
“One of the keys to success with the band is to replace some television
time with walking,” Diego has been heard to say, “If you have a
pet, get a band and take the dog for a walk—you will both enjoy it.”