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The Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital currently has four surgeons, four nurses, and 11 staff members. Surgeons include Albert T. Spaw, MD, and Charles E. Morton, III, MD, who serve as co-medical directors, and George B. Lynch, MD, and James G. McDowell, Jr., MD. Each surgeon has a nurse who practices with them out of the center. The center is led by Director of Bariatric Services, Cylinda V. Phillips, RN, MBA, who is responsible for operations of the practice, strategic planning, business development, marketing, community outreach, patient education, consultation, and support group facilitation.

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