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Timothy J. Custer, MD

Dr. Timothy Custer* is a bariatric and general surgeon with over 12 years of general surgery experience. He serves as a bariatric surgeon at Barix Clinics of Ohio.

Dr. Custer received his MD degree in 1996 from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He completed his internship and general surgery residency at Mount Carmel Medical Center, where he was chief resident in 2001.

Upon completion of his residency training in 2001, Dr. Custer was very involved in clinical and didactic teaching with residents and students here and abroad. He lectured on bariatrics at the local, regional, and national levels, including an obesity workshop through the US Surgical Corporation. He served as a clinical instructor for both Ethicon and US Surgical Corporation, and has proctored several other surgeons in laparoscopic gastric bypass techniques.



Prior to working with patients at Barix Clinics in Ohio, Dr. Custer was in general surgical practice at Mount Carmel.  He currently practices out of Fairfield Medical Center. He will continue to meet his patients’ general surgical needs through Lancaster Surgical Associates.

Dr. Custer is fully licensed and board certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, the Columbus Surgical Society, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Custer has also served as a volunteer physician in Central Africa on multiple occasions.


Dr. Custer performs the following procedures through the Barix Clinics program:

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Adjustable Gastric Band (LAP-BAND® and REALIZE™ Band used)

 

*  Members of the medical staff are not employees or agents of the Hospital or the Barix Clinics® program. Each physician providing services at Barix Clinics® facilities is an independent contractor responsible for exercising his or her sound medical judgment when rendering care. Neither the Hospital nor the Barix Clinics® program controls the independent medical judgment exercised by the physicians practicing at the Hospital, and neither assumes any liability or responsibility for a physician’s independent medical decisions.

    

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