Milton Owens, MD, FACS

Dr. Milton Owens is a graduate of Stanford University and McGill MDCM. He completed his Internship and Surgical Residency at the University of Utah and a Nephrology Kidney Transplant Fellowship at the University of Utah. He served as a Major in the United States Army, has been an Assistant Professor at UCLA, and was the Chief of the Kidney Transplant Service at VA Wadsworth Hospital.

He later began bariatric surgery and private practice in association with Dr. Carl Hill in San Pedro, California who developed and patented the ‘Hill gastric clip’ for weight loss. Dr. Owens did a brief preceptorship with Dr. Edward E Mason founder of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery and inventor of the vertical banded gastroplasty and gastric bypass operations.

Salt Lake City bariatric surgeon Dr. David Miller in was most influential in perfecting the technique of gastric bypass. Dr. Owens studied Dr. Miller’s techniques in Salt Lake City and in 1994 founded Coastal Obesity. Dr. Owens has performed over 2,500 bariatric procedures with both open and laparoscopic techniques and has extensive experience in the revision of intestinal bypass and stomach stapling operations.

He has 33 articles and several book chapters in the medical literature. He is a frequent guest on radio and television shows and is currently on the public relations committee for the American Society for Bariatric Surgery and was Chairman from 1999-2001. He is a member of SAGES (Surgical Association for Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery) IFSO (International Federation for Surgery for Obesity) The Western Surgical Association and The American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Owens is one of the most experienced Bariatric Surgeons in California having performed over 7,000 weight loss surgeries. He performs all surgeries using laparoscopic technique including patients with BMI's over 60.  Over 500 lap bands placed. Patients with BMI's of 30-35 now considered.

Learn more about Dr. Milton Owens at coastalobesity.com.