About Our Surgeons

Eric D. Pinnar, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Specializing in Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

Dr. Pinnar is a native of the Northern Virginia/ Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area.  He received his M.D. degree from The Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University in 1994.  Dr. Pinnar continued his training and completed his General Surgery Internship and Residency at the Guthrie Clinic in Pennsylvania in 1999.  In 1997 he began performing bariatric surgery and in 2003, he focused his practice on the adjustable gastric band.  Dr. Pinnar founded Advanced Weight Loss Solutions in 2005.

Barry Greene, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Specializing in Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

 

Dr. Greene is a Bariatric Surgeon with over 15 years of experience in advanced laparoscopic procedures.  He is a graduate of the University of Miami Medical School and a Wright State University School of Medicine Surgical Residency where the Academy of Medicine honored him as the Outstanding Resident of 1990.  He remained on faculty at Wright State University and Wright Patterson Air Force Base developing a Laparoscopic Program until 1992 when he transferred to Andrews Air Force Base.  In 1994 he joined the private practice of Drs. Sandler & Weisbaum and continued to teach residents and surgeons laparoscopic techniques.  Dr. Greene began performing bariatric surgery in 2001.  He has been instrumental in the development of weight loss surgery programs at several area hospitals including Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, which was recognized as a Bariatric Center of Excellence in January 2007.