LaparoscopicGallbladderRemovalCholecystectomy near Irving, TX

Biography: Dr. Arsalla Islam MD FASMBS is a board-certified vascular endovascular and bariatric surgeon. She has joined the My Bariatric Solutions team as a bariatric surgeon and is one of the only vascular surgeons in the Alliance medical community. Prior to joining the My Bariatric Solutions team and opening her practice she was at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina. There she completed a fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery. Dr. Islam received her medical degree in 1996 from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan followed by a residency in surgery and fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric procedures both at UT Southwestern.Prior to Wake Forest Dr. Islam was an Assistant Professor and Director of Bariatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Assistant Program Director for the Laparoscopic and Bariatric fellowship program. Dr. Islam's wide range of surgical expertise includes treatment for morbid obesity gall bladder disease hernias laparoscopic splenectomy carotid surgery endovascular and open surgical treatment for upper extremity abdominal and lower extremity vessels and arteriovenous fistula creation for dialysis.Dr. Islam has authored eight book chapters and 23 peer review articles in international conferences and journals. She has served as course director and instructor for several advanced laparoscopic and vascular ultrasound courses at UT Southwestern and Wake Forest.

Biography: Stephen Cheng, MD is a transplant surgeon at Medical City Abdominal Transplant & Hepatobiliary Specialists in Dallas. Dr. Cheng earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed both his general surgery internship and residency at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Cheng completed his multi-organ fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and he is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Cheng's clinical interests include liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation and surgical treatments of liver, bile duct, and pancreas tumors.