Academic Medicine in Your Community
The Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics provides a comprehensive, personalized, caring Obesity & Bariatric Program for individuals seeking to lose weight safely. Overseen by prominent bariatric surgeon Rami Lutfi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., the institute practices academic medicine with a full-time staff that includes: A dietitian/certified personal trainer, a Ph.D. psychologist, two experienced nurses, an insurance specialist, and a monthly support group, led by a dietitian.
We focus on wellness and treat the whole patient – body and soul.
We are located in beautiful Lincoln Park, where Dr. Lutfi performs the most advanced, minimally invasive bariatric procedures available today, including Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch and Revisional Bariatric Surgery.
Dr. Lutfi has performed more than 2,500 weight loss procedures, one of the first sleeve gastrectomies in the state of Illinois, and the first endoscopic intragastric balloon in the Midwest. He travels internationally to train new surgeons around the globe on the latest, innovative laparoscopic surgical techniques. He currently serves as the Medical Director and Section Chief of Metabolic Surgery as well as Bariatric Fellowship Program Director at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chief of Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, and President of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation.
Internationally Renowned Bariatric Surgeon
Rami Lutfi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S.
- President, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation
- Medical Director and Section Chief of Metabolic Surgery and Weight Loss and Bariatric Fellowship Program Director at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
- Chief of Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
- Clinical Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago
- Fellowship in Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery: Vanderbilt University Hospital
- Former President of the Illinois Association of Bariatric Surgery
- He is one of only a few surgeons who educates new surgeons how to perform successful, minimally invasive bariatric surgery.
- One of the first five physicians trained in North America on the ORBERA® Intragastric Balloon
- Placed the 1st gastric sleeve in the state of Illinois
- First to place a gastric balloon in the Midwest.
- Performed over 2500 weight loss procedures.
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) combined their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). MBSAQIP works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical patients through the accreditation of bariatric surgical centers. A bariatric surgical center achieves accreditation following a rigorous review process during which it proves that it can maintain certain physical resources, human resources, and standards of practice. All accredited centers report their outcomes to the MBSAQIP database.
Our Specialties
The Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics provides a comprehensive, personalized, caring Obesity & Bariatric Program for individuals seeking to lose weight safely. Overseen by the prominent bariatric surgeon, Rami Lutfi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., the Institute practices academic medicine with a full-time staff that includes: a dietitian / certified personal trainer, a Ph.D. psychologist, two experienced nurses, an insurance specialist, and a monthly support group, led by a dietitian.