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Peter Billing, MD, General Surgery, Kirkland, WA

PeterSBillingMDFACS FASMBS DABOM

General Surgery Kirkland, WA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Founder/Medical Director

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  • Office

    12303 NE 130th Lane
    Suite 405 Coral
    Kirkland, WA 98034
    Phone+1 425-305-5182
    Fax+1 253-214-3701

Summary

  • I started Transform Weight Loss, LLC to offer patients sustainable weight loss solutions.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Surgery, 1993 - 2000
  • University of Minnesota Medical School
    University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1993
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesBS, Microbiology, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • OR State Medical License
    OR State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1994 - 2009
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2023
  • Fellow American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, 2017
  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Real-time diagnosis of Barrett�s esophagus: a prospective, multicenter study comparing confocal laser endomicroscopy with conventional histology for the identification...  
    Cory Richardson, Paul Colavita, Christy Dunst, John Bagnato, Peter Billing, Kurt Birkenhagen, Francis Buckley, William Buitrago, Joseph Burnette, Phil Leggett, Howard ..., Surgical Endoscopy Surg Endosc, 1/10/2018
  • A Long-term success and failure with SG is predictable by 3 months: a multivariate model using simple office markers  
    Cottam A, Billing J, Cottam D, Billing P, Cottam S, Zaveri H, Surve, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 1/1/2017
  • The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery on Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Humans  
    Hagman, Derek K., Billing, Peter S, et al, Metabolism, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Efficacy of Intragastric Balloons: A comparison of gas-filled versus saline-filled balloons
    Billing PS, Obesity Week, 1/1/2018
  • Safety and efficacy of outpatient sleeve gastrectomy: 2,534 cases performed in a single free-standing Ambulatory Surgical Center
    Billing PS, Obesity Week, 1/1/2018
  • Sixty Elderly Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients Performed in the Outpatient Setting
    Billing PS, Obesity Week, 1/1/2017
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Press Mentions

  • The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay For
    The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay ForJune 19th, 2018
  • People Say Weight-Loss Drugs 'Stop Working' — Here's What We Know About the 'Ozempic Plateau' and How to Avoid It
    People Say Weight-Loss Drugs 'Stop Working' — Here's What We Know About the 'Ozempic Plateau' and How to Avoid ItDecember 17th, 2023

Research History

  • Clinical Investigator ProgramTwo year clinical investigator training in cell transplantation and diabetes in the Department of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN1996 - 1997
  • Research AssistantDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, UCLA Research on GM-CSF, and monoclonal antibodies.1984 - 1989

Professional Memberships

Industry Relationships

  • Consultant, Medtronic2018 - Present
  • Consultant, Ethicon2017 - Present