Faculty

Karen E. Gibbs, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FABQAURP, DABOM is an Associate Professor f Surgery at Yale School of Medicine and the current Chair of Surgery at Yale New Haven Health – Bridgeport Hospital — a destination site for fully integrated digestive healthcare. Dr. Gibbs specializes in laparoscopic metabolic/bariatric and foregut procedures. Her clinical practice and research focus on improving outcomes in the minimally invasive spectrum of gastrointestinal/general surgery and advancing the complex and integrated understanding of weight loss for the management and reversal of obesity-related disease and disorders of aging, including diabetes and sleep apnea. As the Chair of Surgery at Bridgeport Hospital, she aims to ensure access to high-quality, world-class surgical care for all. Dr. Gibbs received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, attended Tufts University Medical School, and completed her postdoctoral training at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a Board-Certified General Surgeon and is fellowship-trained in Minimally Invasive and Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery; she is also Board Certified in Obesity Medicine.