Meet Our Doctors

Dr. Allain performs a wide variety of advanced, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and Physician Assisted Robotic Surgery in the fields of both general and bariatric surgery.

Specific weight loss procedures include: laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic revisional bariatric surgery, as well as incisionless stoma reduction surgery.

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Arriving in Baton Rouge in 1997, Dr. Bellanger was the first surgeon in the area to perform laparoscopic (key-hole surgery) weight loss surgery. He performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in 2000 and the first gastric banding in 2002.

Currently, Dr. Bellanger has performed more than 2,000 weight loss surgical procedures, and his practice is dedicated solely to the field of bariatric (weight loss) surgery.

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Recognized as one of the top 15 national bariatric leaders by Newsweek magazine and as a Center of Excellence surgeon by the U.S. Surgical Review Corporation, Dr. Hargroder has dedicated his practice to the treatment of obesity, and has successfully performed more than 2,000 weight loss surgery procedures.

Dr. Hargroder is a Board Certified General Surgeon with certifications in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Band, and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy procedures.

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Dr. Hausmann performs a variety of minimally invasive weight loss surgical procedures, including laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic Rou-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, and revisionary bariatric surgery.

He also performs incisionless stomal reduction surgery. Dr. Hausmann has earned the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation awarded by the Surgical Review Corporation on behalf of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

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Dr. Kleinpeter specializes in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Surgery for the Diseases of the Breast and Endocrine Surgery.

He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed his general surgery residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C. He attended to the Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute in Baton Rouge, LA to complete his fellowship training.

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Dr. LeBlanc is currently a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, a Member of American Society of Bariatric Surgery and is one of the founding members of the American Hernia Society.

He has also authored three textbooks on minimally invasive surgery and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed medical literature.

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Dr. Taylor is a native of Los Angeles, California.

He was granted a medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., followed by completion of a Surgery Residency at the University of California, Davis. His post-residency training focused on bariatric and laparoscopic surgery procedures.

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