Take control of your health through weight loss surgery.
Start Your Weight-loss Surgery Journey with Miami's Bariatrics Experts
Bariatric surgery is a potentially lifesaving tool that can help you achieve a real, long-lasting changes to your health and weight. Our highly experienced team is committed to helping you achieve the best results.
Learn MoreUsually the most effective procedure, your surgeon reduces the size of the stomach by creating a small, sleeve-shaped pouch about the size of a banana.
Also called a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, your surgeon creates a small pouch from the top of the stomach, making a bypass so food skips parts of the small intestine. Following the surgery, you'll need to supplement your diet with additional vitamins and minerals to compensate for those that will no longer be absorbed by your body.
The Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch, abbreviated BPD-DS, begins with creation of a tube-shaped stomach pouch similar to the sleeve gastrectomy. It resembles the gastric bypass, where more of the small intestine is not used.
The Single Anastomosis Duodenal-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy, referred to as the SADI-S is the most recent procedure to be endorsed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. While similar to the BPD-DS, the SADI-S is simpler and takes less time to perform as there is only one surgical bowel connection.
Sometimes patients regain weight after their initial surgery. If this happens, we offer both laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures to help them continue losing weight and get their health back on track.
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) is a minimally invasive, non-surgical weight-loss procedure. It uses an endoscope with a suturing device to reduce the size of the stomach and is incision-free. Patients with obesity (BMI ≥ 30) that want a non-surgical alternative and have not been able to achieve successful weight-loss with diet and lifestyle changes can quality for this new procedure.
You're making the right choice. UHealth Bariatric Specialists is Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) accredited and is a comprehensive center with adolescent qualifications.
Medically supervised weight loss program with a variety of prescription medications, a comprehensive medical exam and 1:1 nutritional counseling.
As part of the only academic medical center in South Florida, UHealth is a center of excellence for bariatric surgery. With the power of research-based medicine, together with leading-edge, minimally invasive technology, we can provide the best surgical outcomes for our patients. What's more, our internationally renowned program combines the latest treatments with mind-and-body-focused care before, during, and after your surgery.
Board-certified Bariatric Surgeon
15+ Years of Experience
UHealth Bariatric Specialists
Doral
3650 Northwest 82nd Ave. #302
Doral, FL 33166
Bariatric Surgery
UHealth Bariatric Specialists
Doral
3650 Northwest 82nd Ave. #302
Doral, FL 33166
Robert Frank Cubas
Areas of Expertise
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy, Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic and
Laparoscopic Surgery, Gastroesophageal reflux surgery, Heller myotomy for Achalasia, Bariatric and Metabolic
Surgery, Complex Ventral and Inguinal Hernia Repair, Gastric electrical stimulator (Enterra) placement for
the treatment of gastroparesis and Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for weight loss without incisions
Clinical Centers & Programs
Bariatric Specialists
Research Interests
Robotic Surgery, Gastroesophageal Reflux post Bariatric Surgery, Hiatal Hernia, Esophageal Stricture post
surgery, Choledochoscopy and Mirizzi Syndrome
Biography
Dr. Robert Cubas is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He
received his medical degree and completed his first general surgery residency at National University of
Cordoba, the oldest university of Argentina and the 3rd oldest university of the Americas. He then moved to
California to pursue additional training in surgical outcomes research and a second general surgery
residency at Loma Linda University, where he also served as administrative chief resident.
Dr. Cubas fostered his surgical knowledge and skills by completing fellowships in advanced gastrointestinal
minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy at University of California, San Diego and University of
Miami. His expertise in minimally invasive surgical techniques, provides patients with a faster recovery
time and less scarring than open surgical methods. He is skilled in the use of surgical robotics including
the da Vinci system, which enables surgeons to perform complex and delicate procedures through small
incisions. He has written book chapters and published and reviewed many articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Cubas is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American
College of Surgeons and the American Medical Association.
In his free time, Dr. Cubas enjoys traveling, spending time with his family and practicing Karate, a martial
art that he has been practicing since he was 13 years old.
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Areas of Expertise
Existing patients can schedule an appointment by logging in to MyUHealth Chart or by calling 305-243-4000.