Tuan Tran, MD, a laparoscopic and robotic surgeon specializing in general and bariatric surgery, recently joined Baton Rouge General’s Advanced Robotics Institute. Tran treats inguinal hernias, abdominal wall hernias, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gallbladders, and colon diseases. He also performs weight loss surgery at BRG’s Louisiana Center for Bariatrics.
Tran completed an undergraduate degree at LSU in Baton Rouge and earned a medical degree at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He then completed a general surgery residency at LSU Health Sciences Center and underwent a rigorous advanced minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery fellowship in Florida at AdventHealth Tampa. While in fellowship, he focused primarily on performing gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and revisional bariatric surgery particularly converting a sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass.