Dr. James "Buddy" Leithead III

Dr. James (Buddy) Leithead III, specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of obesity, colorectal abnormalities, and general surgery diseases including hernias, gallbladder pathology, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He also has a strong interest in robotic surgery in order to provide the latest advanced surgical technology to his patients. He is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and has completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery, during which time he focused on Advanced Laparoscopy, Bariatric, Colorectal, and Robotic Surgery. After finishing his surgical training under many pioneers of surgery, he returned to New Orleans and joined the Surgical Specialists of Louisiana (www.WhyWeight.com). Dr. Leithead is devoted to patient well-being, satisfaction, and exceptional patient outcomes. He is committed to providing personalized and compassionate care to his patients for all of their surgical needs. Dr. Leithead provides surgical care at multiple locations including Crescent City Surgery Centre, Southern Surgical Hospital/Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital, AVALA, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, UMC New Orleans

Clinical Interests: Advanced laparoscopic and robotic: gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, revisional weight loss surgery, hiatal hernia repair, gastric fundoplication, colectomy, hemorrhoids, ventral hernia repair, inguinal hernia repair, incisional hernia repair, cholecystectomy (gallbladder), soft tissue masses/lumps, endoscopy, colonoscopy