Our Surgeons

The medical team consists of three general surgeons, who are part of the Department of Surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, which is affiliated with the University of Montreal. All three are professors at the University of Montreal, and have dedicated their efforts and talents to the treatment of morbid obesity. As pioneers in the field of obesity surgery, we are the only surgery specialist group that offers all four types of obesity surgery.

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  Dr. Henri Atlas

  Dr. Henri Atlas received his medical degree in Belgium at the University of Louvain in 1961. An associate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1967, he began his career at Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal in 1970. He grew the general surgery services and established the first Unit of Traumatology in Quebec in 1976.

  Always on the lookout for technology, he was one of the first to get on board with laparoscopic surgery in the 1990s. With that in mind he has, in recent years, spent most of his time in bariatric surgery by laparoscopy.
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  Dr. Ronald Denis

  Dr. Ronald Denis, a graduate of the University of Montreal in 1975, joined Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal in 1984 after an impressive Traumatology Fellowship in Detroit. He then joined Dr. Atlas' team and was involved in the implementation of laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Denis has been the Head of the Department of Surgery since 1997 and has achieved important progress for the Department, in traumatology and for other disciplines. In 2003, Dr. Denis was a key figure in obtaining the Da Vinci surgical robot for the hospital. It was the first in Quebec and one of the few in Canada. Through the acquisition of the Da Vinci robot, the number of people undergoing bariatric surgery has grown tremendously because its level of accuracy goes beyond what is attainable in conventional laparoscopy.
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  Dr. Pierre Y Garneau

  Dr. Pierre Garneau received his medical degree at Laval University in Quebec City in 1991. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University Laval, and had the opportunity to work with the team of Dr. Picard Marceau, one of the fathers of bariatric surgery. Dr. Garneau has been a member of the General Surgery team at Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal since 1997 and is currently the director.