Moises Jacobs, MD, FACS
Bariatric Surgeon & General Surgeon

Moises Jacobs, MD, FACS, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained bariatric and general surgeon who has spent his entire career serving patients in Miami and around the world. He is the Medical Director of the Gastric Sleeve Center at Jackson South Hospital and one of the most experienced bariatric surgeons in the region and the nation. He graduated from the University of Miami Medical School in 1979 and finished his general surgery residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1984.

Dr. Jacobs is world-renowned as a pioneer in laparoscopy (minimally invasive surgery) and has taught and mentored hundreds of surgeons worldwide. Some of his many accomplishments include:

• 1990 Performed the first laparoscopic colectomy in the world
• 1991 Began performing hiatal hernia and anti-reflux repairs
• 1994 Began performing gastric bypass
• 1999/2002 Investigator for the two gastric bands approved in the United States
• 2005 Performed his first gastric sleeve procedure
• 2005 Began performing revisional bariatric surgery​

​Dr. Jacobs has been named an honorary member of numerous surgical societies worldwide and has received several awards for his distinguished and pioneering contributions to laparoscopic surgery.  He has been performing advanced laparoscopic procedures since 1990 and is credited with performing the first laparoscopic colectomy.

Since 2005, Dr. Jacobs has published articles and chapters on gastric sleeves and has participated in several International Sleeve Consensus conferences, which aimed to offer recommendations to improve the effectiveness and reduce the morbidity of this popular bariatric procedure.  In addition, he has published two textbooks and has been awarded several United States patents for his innovative surgical instruments.