Bariatric Team
Our team at the Southern Regional Bariatric Center has advanced expertise in weight loss management. Our surgeons, care coordinator, dietitian, and on-site therapist all play a special role in creating our unique program. Our dietitians, therapists and registered nurses all have specialized experience in weight management. They have studied, trained and practiced at prestigious hospitals and bariatric departments throughout the country.
Srinivasa Gorjala, MD, Medical Director
Dr. Srinivasa Gorjala is a general surgeon who specializes in laparoscopic, endocrine and bariatric surgery. Dr. Gorjala received his MD from New Jersey Medical School and completed his surgery training at Medical College of Georgia. He started practicing general surgery in 1997. He brought various surgical innovations to the Southern Crescent, such as advances in thyroid and parathyroid surgery including intra-operative parathyroid localization and assays, as well as mini-invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He has now helped bring the lap band procedure to the Southern Crescent area with a multi disciplinary approach and a complete 360 care model. He also uses the mini-invasive "single port" technique for the lap band surgery. Lifestyles magazine named him a "Top Doc" in 2007.
Rhonda Evans, RN, MSM, CBM, Program Coordinator
Rhonda Evans is a nurse bringing more than 17 years experience, ranging from medical surgical, trauma, critical care, emergency, and home health. Evans' many accomplishments include starting a breast prosthetic program for a home medical equipment company in Evansville, IN. Born and raised in the Carolinas, she and her husband relocated to Georgia in 2005.