JeffreySBrooksMD

Gastroenterology • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Bariatric Medicine

CEO, Spatz FGIA, Inc.

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Office
1801 S Perimeter Rd STE 130
Ste 204
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone+1 516-303-0613

Summary

Dr. Jeffrey Brooks is a gastroenterologist, entrepreneur, and inventor of the Spatz Adjustable gastric balloon. He is CEO and founder of Spatz FGIA, Inc, which distributes the Spatz balloon to over 60 countries worldwide, including the US. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years.

Education & Training

University of ColoradoFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1983 - 1984
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

ND State Medical License 2006 - 2014
MN State Medical License 2010 - 2013
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2008

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

AGAF AGA, 2022

Clinical Trials

A Multi-Center Study to Evaluate the Adjustment Function of a Modified Spatz3 Adjustable Balloon (Spatz4) Start of enrollment: 2022 Jun 14
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact
Spatz3 Adjustable Balloon System® (Spatz3) Post Approval Study Start of enrollment: 2021 Dec 03
Active, not recruiting
Roles: Contact
A Study to Evaluate the Adjustment Function of a Modified Spatz3 Adjustable Balloon (Spatz4). Start of enrollment: 2024 Jun 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Percutaneous Needle Aspiration of a Partially Deflated Intragastric Balloon: a Forgotten Modality? Review of the Literature.
Jeffrey Brooks, Uri Rimon, Paul Bensaid, Alon Lang, Moshe Nadler
Obesity Surgery. 2018-06-01
20 citations
Response Rates with the Spatz3 Adjustable Balloon
Eduardo N. Usuy, Jeffrey Brooks
Obesity Surgery. 2018-05-01
2 citations
Intragastric Balloon-Induced Ischemic Perforation.
Jeffrey Brooks
Obesity Surgery. 2016-01-01

Journal Articles

Practice Of Gastroenterologists In Treating Flaring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With Clostridium Difficile: Antibiotics Alone Or Combined Antibiotics/Immunomod...
Yanai H, Nguyen Gc, Yun L, Lebwohl O, Navaneethan U, Stone Cd, Ghazi L, Moayyedi P, Brooks J, Bernstein Cn, Ben-Horin S., INFLAMM BOWEL DIS, 7/2011

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