Paul Perales, M.D.
Highly Experienced Bariatric Surgeon
- Certified General, Bariatric, and Metabolic Surgeon.
- Chief Operating Officer of Miami Cancer Research Center.
- Certified by the American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, and the American Board of Surgery.
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Paul Perales, M.D.
Highly Experienced Bariatric Surgeon
- Certified General, Bariatric, and Metabolic Surgeon.
- Chief Operating Officer of Miami Cancer Research Center.
- Certified by the American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, and the American Board of Surgery.
In the Hands of an Expert
Dr. Paul Perales is a board-certified general surgeon, fellowship-trained in advanced gastrointestinal, bariatric, and minimally invasive surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
An associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons, The Society for Surgery of The Alimentary Tract, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Perales devotes his surgical practice to the treatment of obesity, foregut benign and malignant pathology, by means of minimally invasive, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted surgery.
Dr. Perales received his medical degree and surgical residency training from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima – Peru. He was appointed research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 3 years, and then completed a general surgery residency at Kendall Regional Medical Center/Aventura Hospital, in Miami-Florida.
He now joins The Sosa Clinic, after completing the Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship program at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
In the Hands of an Expert
Dr. Paul Perales is a board-certified general surgeon, fellowship-trained in advanced gastrointestinal, bariatric, and minimally invasive surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
An associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons, The Society for Surgery of The Alimentary Tract, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Perales devotes his surgical practice to the treatment of obesity, foregut benign and malignant pathology, by means of minimally invasive, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted surgery.
Dr. Perales received his medical degree and surgical residency training from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima – Peru. He was appointed research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 3 years, and then completed a general surgery residency at Kendall Regional Medical Center/Aventura Hospital, in Miami-Florida.
He now joins The Sosa Clinic, after completing the Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship program at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
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Bariatric Surgery
The Reliable Solution You Need
Consequences of morbid obesity are as scary as their names: diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea…
Bariatric surgery procedures provide an incredible and reliable solution, along with the Dr. Perales Way to wellness.
A free consultation could bring back your breathing.
Later is too late!
Bariatric Surgery
The Reliable Solution You Need
Consequences of morbid obesity are as scary as their names: diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea…
Bariatric surgery procedures provide an incredible and reliable solution, along with the Dr. Perales Way to wellness.
A free consultation could bring back your breathing.
Later is too late!
Bariatric Surgery
The reliable solution you need
Consequences of morbid obesity are as scary as their names: diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea…
Bariatric surgery procedures provide an incredible and reliable solution, along with the Dr. Sosa Way to wellness.
A free consultation could bring back your breathing.
Later is too late!
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Frequently Asked Questions
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We offer both, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass, depending on the patient’s needs.
Our package includes a 23 hour stay in a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital. However, if the patient requires another day of stay or two, that can be arranged.
We see everyone in person for a one week follow-up visit with the doctor and the nutritionist. After this, the doctors’ visits are at one month, three months, six months, nine months and one year. If you are not in town these appointments can be virtual
Nutritionist visits could be done in person or over the phone and usually occur at one week, one month, 6 weeks, then can be customized to meet the patients needs as they advance their diet.
The average surgical time for a Gastric Bypass is one hour. The Sleeve Gastrectomy is somewhat shorter, about fifty minutes.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy is what we call a purely restrictive procedure. In other words, you will eat less food but you will continue to absorb the food and nutrients normally. That is why you tend to lose less weight than with a gastric Bypass.
The Gastric Bypass is a more aggressive surgery because there is a malabsorption component to the surgery, by bypassing a piece of the intestine sugar is not absorbed causing dumping syndrome(diahrrea) when you eat an excess of sugar. Total weight loss with the Gastric Bypass is significantly greater than with the Sleeve due to the malabsorption of sugar.
The Lap Band has been associated with long term problems such as erosion, slipped, dysphagia, reflux. Those problems are not present with the Sleeve, which results in a better weight loss than the Lap Band. So it is much better, and the surgeons have replaced the Lap Band with Sleeve, which is a more effective operation.
The Gastric Bypass is reversible because we have not removed any part of the anatomy, we have just bypassed a certain portion.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy is not reversable because we remove 80% of your stomach.
Both the Gastric Bypass and the Sleeve Gastrectomy are performed under general anesthesia. We have a very experienced anesthesia team that has done many operations.
We work with different medical finance companies to help you. We use CareCredit, Alphaeon Credit, Protapay, United Medical Credit. We also accept all major credit cards
Patients meeting the criteria of a BMI greater than 40 are candidates for weight loss surgery. Also those patients with a BMI of 35 or greater can be a candidate for surgery if they suffer from a co-morbid condition. The most typical co-morbid conditions include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obstructive sleep apnea.
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