Dr. Daniel Swartz received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1994. He received a Masters in Science in 1998 and completed his surgical training at McGill in 2000. He completed a fellowship and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy from the University of Maryland in 2001. He was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Diego where he began a laparoscopic bariatric surgical program. In December of 2002 he joined Dr. Edward Felix at the Advanced Bariatric Center of Fresno where he has developed a high-volume surgical practice in laparoscopic bariatric (obesity) surgery as well as many other advanced laparoscopic procedures. He also maintains a large endoscopic program performing both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. Dr. Swartz has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, surgical textbooks and lectures extensively. With Dr. Felix, he has developed and maintained a twelve month-long bariatric, advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic fellowship training program. 

Dr. Swartz has been inducted as a fellow in both the American College of Surgeons (FACS) as well as the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC) and is an active member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS), American College of Surgeons (ACS), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). In 2007, Dr. Swartz completed his board exams in bariatric medicine and began the Comprehensive Medical Weight Loss program using a multidisciplinary team approach as both an adjunct to our bariatric surgical practices as well as incorporating many of these principles into our bariatric surgical approach.

Dr Edward Felix received his MD degree from the Universty of Illinois Medical School in Chicago in 1971. He completed his surgical training at the University of Illinois in the department of surgery during which time he was invited to be a fellow at the NIH Cancer Institute from 1973-1975. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery to the University of Illinois in 1978 where he specialized in Oncologic Surgery. He joined a private surgical practice in Fresno in 1980 where he continued to specialize in the treatment of cancer. He was the first surgeon in the central valley to perform laparoscopic surgery when the field began here in 1990. He soon developed an advanced laparoscopic center specializing in minimally invasive surgery.

In 1999 Dr Felix opened the Advanced Bariatric Center. He was joined by Dr. Swartz in December of 2002 and together they have performed over 3600 bariatric procedures, 97% laparoscopically. Dr Felix has published extensively and is actively involved in teaching his techniques to other advanced surgeons from the U.S. and abroad. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an active member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS), American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

Dr Edward Felix received his MD degree from the Universty of Illinois Medical School in Chicago in 1971. He completed his surgical training at the University of Illinois in the department of surgery during which time he was invited to be a fellow at the NIH Cancer Institute from 1973-1975. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery to the University of Illinois in 1978 where he specialized in Oncologic Surgery. He joined a private surgical practice in Fresno in 1980 where he continued to specialize in the treatment of cancer. He was the first surgeon in the central valley to perform laparoscopic surgery when the field began here in 1990. He soon developed an advanced laparoscopic center specializing in minimally invasive surgery. In 1999 Dr. Felix opened the Advanced Bariatric Center. He was joined by Dr. Swartz in December of 2002 and together they have performed over 4000 bariatric procedures, 97% laparoscopically. Dr. Felix is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF, a fellow of the American College and an active member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS), American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).