Meet The Bariatric Team
DeTar Healthcare System's bariatric program is about so much more than weight loss - it's about arming you with the tools, information and inspiration you need to make and maintain profound changes for lifelong health and happiness. Our hands-on team features a dedicated coordinator, nutritionist, physiologist and other weight loss specialists committed to your total well-being. From comprehensive pre-operative education, through compassionate follow-up care, we're here to support you through every phase of your journey.
Our program includes:
- Nutritional and dietary guidance
- Exercise education
- Psychological counseling
- Cardiology and pulmonology assessment
- Ongoing support for lasting health and happiness
Dr. Chang and Dr. McDaniel specialize in weight-loss surgery and have cumulatively performed more than 3,500 procedures. Their focus is helping patients become healthy through lifestyle changes, with surgery as the first step toward a new life.
The goal for patients is not only weight-loss, but also reducing or eliminating health problems associated with obesity. These include chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and lipid disorders.
These surgeons also specialize in minimally-invasive—also called laparoscopic—procedures, which typically result in less scarring and anesthesia as well as a faster recovery (compared to traditional surgery). More than 98% of their patients are discharged either the same day as surgery or with one overnight stay in the hospital. Most are able to return to work within one to two weeks of their surgeries.
The following bariatric procedures are performed:
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Gastric Bypass
- Revision and conversion surgeries
Meet the Surgeons
Craig Chang, M.D., FACS, FASMBS*
- Medical School: University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
- Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
- Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern University Hospitals, Dallas, TX – Laparoscopic Surgery
- Certified: American Board of General Surgery
- Fellow: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Dr. Chang has more than 15 years of experience in bariatric surgery and has performed more than 1,500 procedures. Additionally, Dr. Chang is a three-time recipient of the Vitals ‘Patient Choice Award’ which is based on patient reviews/ratings and presented to less than 5% of physicians nationwide.
B. Dean McDaniel, D.O., FASMBS *
- Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK
- Residency: Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center, Grand Prairie, TX
- Certified: American Board of Medical Specialties
- Fellow: American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Dr. McDaniel has more than 16 years of experience specializing in bariatric surgery and has performed more than 2,000 procedures. He was one of the first physicians in South Texas to perform bariatric surgery.
*Independent Member of the Medical Staff at DeTar Healthcare System.