The team of bariatric doctors at MUSC has a wealth of knowledge and experience in gastric bypass procedures. Learn more about the bariatric doctors.  Thomas Karl Byrne, M.D.
Dr. Byrne is the Director of the MUSC Bariatric Surgery Program. Eighty percent of his practice is comprised of weight loss surgery cases and revisions. He has performed over 1,000 gastric bypass procedures.
 Megan Baker Ruppel, M.D.
Dr. Baker Ruppel joined MUSC as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and serves as the Medical Director for Comprehensive Breast Care at Hollings Cancer Center. She is also a bariatric doctor and a member of the weight loss surgery team.
 Rana Pullat, M.D.
Dr. Pullat joined MUSC as an Assistant Professor of Surgery specializing in general and gastrointestinal surgery. He is a member of the weight loss surgery team and also serves as head of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Charleston VA Hospital, which provides bariatric surgery for veterans from South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
Team Approach
Most bariatric surgeons and insurance providers recommend and support a team approach to bariatric surgery. MUSC's Team Approach consists of four components: - medical
- nutritional
- psychological
- surgical
This multidisciplinary team evaluates the patient before surgery and provides education and treatment after surgery. This team delivers medical, nutritional, and psychological care, and looks at lifestyle changes following surgery. | 
