Harris Hartwell Parker, III, MD

J. Benjamin Tribble, MD, received his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed his general surgery residency at Wake Forest University Medical Center/Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served as chief resident before joining South Carolina Surgical Associates in Columbia. Dr. Tribble is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a past chief of surgery and chief of staff at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital and is a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the American Medical Association, the Columbia Medical Society, the South Carolina Medical Association and the American Society for General Surgeons. Tribble's areas of special interest are laparoscopic surgery (including reflux and obesity surgery) and vascular surgery. He focuses on the treatment and management of morbid obesity at the Prisma Health Weight Management Center, where he was one of the the first physicians in the Midlands region to perform the weight-loss procedure laparoscopically.

Zeid M. Keilani, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan in Amman, and completed his general surgery residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans. He completed his fellowship training in advanced minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Keilani is skilled in advanced laparoscopic surgery including gastric, intestinal, colorectal, spleen and adrenal surgery. He specializes in weight loss surgery including laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and revisional bariatric surgery. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in his field, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

Ratna Pallapothu, MD, is Board certified in General surgery and Fellowship trained in Minimally invasive and Bariatric surgery. Dr. Pallapothu has several years of experience and serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia. He is also the Medical Director of the Prisma Health Hernia Center in the Midlands. Dr. Pallapothu is a Verified Surgeon of Quality for Hernia – a recognition given to surgeons from the hernia collaborative for their dedication to improving the quality and value of health care for patients who suffer from hernia disease and diseases of abdominal wall. He takes cares of all kinds of hernias and has a special interest in complex hernia surgery with abdominal wall reconstruction for recurrent hernias. As an MBSAQIP verified surgeon for Bariatric surgery, Dr. Pallapothu meets the highest standards of surgical quality and safety. He conducts site surveys for Bariatric programs accreditation on behalf of the American College of Surgeons. He performs all kinds of bariatric procedures including gastric bypass, sleeve, BPD-DS, SADI and revision procedures. Dr. Pallapothu is one of the few surgeons in South Carolina offering surgical treatment options for stomach disorders such as gastric stimulator for Gastroparesis. His other clinical interests include GI tumors and cancer, foregut and reflux disease, hiatal hernia repairs, colon, adrenal gland, spleen surgery as well as performing upper endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures and performs procedures with both laparoscopic approach and Robotic surgery. Dr. Pallapothu is committed to helping patients improve their health so they can achieve their personal goals and is dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality care through a structured, patient-focused approach. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.