Bariatric Center Georgetown Community Hospital

Our Surgeons

 

Central Kentucky Advanced Surgery and Medicine

 

Dr. Tom Sonnanstine, Medical Director

The Bariatric Center at Georgetown Community Hospital

 

 

Tom Sonnanstine, MD, is well-known for both his surgical expertise and his desire to see patients through their entire weight loss journey. 
 
Originally from Ohio, he trained with Scott Shikora, one of the pioneers of minimally invasive weight loss surgery, during his Fellowship Residency at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.
 
After completing his residency in Bariatric Surgery, he, along with his wife Debbie and 2 children,  moved to Northern Kentucky, where he remained for 5 years as the Medical Director of a successful Bariatric Surgery Center.
 
In April, 2009, he moved to Georgetown, KY, to become the Medical Director of their nationally-known weight loss surgery program.  Since his arrival, the program has expanded its services and has been able to take the most-challenging cases to date.  In addition, he completed his 2000th weight loss surgery in Georgetown Community Hospital's brand new, technologically advanced Bariatric Surgical Suite.


In addition to his duties as chief surgeon and Medical Director, Dr. Sonnanstine also has a very close relationship with Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Endo-Surgery.  With them, he travels across the country teaching proper surgical technique to surgeons seeking to offer Realize Banding Solutions to their patients, as well as serving on several panels that determine solutions to medical complications and development of new surgical instrumentation.
 
Dr. Sonnanstine delights in walking with his patients on their path through weight loss and takes a great deal of pride in celebrating their accomplishments.  He sees patients for all of their post-op visits and takes the opportunity to meet new patients by presenting most of the informational seminars that Georgetown Bariatrics offers throughout the year.
 
Dr. Tom, as his patients call him, has been instrumental in three very big accomplishments at Georgetown Bariatrics by lobbying for the removal of the Program Fee, allowing Georgetown Bariatrics to accept Kentucky Health Choices (Medicaid) insurance, and by recruiting Dr. Jason Rasmussen, who will join his practice in August, 2010.
 
For information, call 888-868-0008 or contact Joann Powell, Office Manager for Georgetown Bariatrics, at Joann.Powell@LPNT.net.