Michel Gagner, Alfons Pomp and Dennis Fowler. Moy trained with pioneers in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery, Drs. Moy continued his surgical training in New York City as a fellow in minimal access and bariatric surgery in a joint program with Cornell Medical College and Columbia University at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Moy was extensively involved in surgical research and had the opportunity to both publish peer-reviewed articles and present at national and international surgical meetings. There, in addition to surgical training, Dr. Following medical school, he completed a surgical residency at William Beaumont Hospital. Moy received his medical degree from Michigan State University. Jason Moy is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned both his undergraduate degree from the Honors College and Master of Public Health degree in molecular epidemiology from the School of Public Health. He sees patients in Walnut Creek and Brentwood.ĭr. Chin also serves as a trauma surgeon at the John Muir Medical Center, which is certified as a level II trauma center by the American College of Surgeons and is Contra Costa County’s only trauma center. Brian Chin is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery and in advanced trauma life support by the American College of Surgeons. Chin completed a fellowship in bariatric and advanced laparoscopic surgery at the University of California at San Francisco, working alongside world-renowned leaders at the forefront of laparoscopic surgery. Additionally, he served as administrative chief resident. He earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School, then returned to California for his surgery residency at the University of California at San Diego, where he won the Department of Medicine’s Halasz Award for surgical consultation and the Department of Surgery’s Chairman’s Prize for teaching and service excellence.
From there, he went on to earn a master’s degree in applied physics from Columbia University. After graduating from Acalanes High School in Lafayette he ventured cross-country to coastal Maine, where he graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College with a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics. Brian Chin was born and raised in the Bay Area. Chin and all of the staff involved in my life saving/changing surgery.ĭr. The only regret I have is not having this surgery sooner. There are so many accomplishments that have come from losing weight like shopping in the regular size section, fitting in any chair, crossing my legs, not having to ask for an extension on the airplane, and the list goes on. I swim a mile five days a week, and walk three to four miles every day, and I enjoy it. My confidence has returned, and I am so much happier now that I am 100 pounds lighter.
I can walk and move around without being short of breath. My knees, back, and ankles don’t hurt anymore because I am not carrying so much weight. I am no longer on blood pressure medicine, and I am no longer pre-diabetic. As the weight loss kept happening, I was gaining my health back. Soon, I was amazed at the transformation I was having, both in my weight loss and with my attitude towards food. I was walking on the treadmill within two days. Surgery was a piece of cake (no pun intended). Those were just the medical conditions I had because of my weight. My back, knees, and ankles hurt most of the time, and I was always short of breath. I was pre-diabetic, and had high blood pressure. I was 310 pounds at my heaviest, pre-surgery.
Chin, if I was too old for the surgery, and he said, “No one is too old to get healthy.” He was so very right.
I was sleeved in October 2015, and it was the best decision I have ever made for myself. It was ten months of doctors’ appointments, weigh-ins, and medical tests. I started my weight-loss journey in December of 2014 by visiting Dr.
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