Robert L. Bell, M.D.

Robert L. Bell, M.D., an assistant professor of surgery (gastroenterology) who specializes in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery, performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass at Yale in August 2002, a month after joining the faculty. Interest in gastric bypass surgery, a technique he learned as a fellow at the University of Maryland, is on the increase after last year’s Dateline NBC broadcast on weatherman Al Roker’s successful procedure.