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Deron J. Ludwig, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Accepting New Patients
500 West Broadway Street, Floor 4
Missoula, MT 59802
1616.5 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Medical Group - Montana
Speaks: English
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Providence General and Specialty Surgery

500 West Broadway Street, Floor 4, Missoula, MT 59802

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About Deron J. Ludwig

Dr. Ludwig is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and has received the Focused Practice Designation for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. His first exposure to Weight-loss surgery was during surgical training at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA., when open surgery procedures were considered high-risk. However, it was apparent even then that there was a remarkable transforming power in bariatric surgery to improve the quality of life and length of life for patients suffering from severe obesity. After completing time as a staff surgeon in the US Air Force in Biloxi, Mississippi, an opportunity came in 2003 to take over a bariatric surgery practice in the area. Due to Hurricane Katrina, a job transition became necessary, and he accepted a position in Chico, California, where he developed and directed a minimally invasive, award-winning, surgical weight-loss program over 18 years. The program achieved and maintained the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons/American College of Surgeons accreditation as a center of excellence. He joined Providence St. Patrick Hospital to partner with the hospital and physicians to grow an established bariatric surgery program and become the location of choice for Montana and adjacent regions. The transformational power of weight-loss surgery is now low risk, minimally invasive, and with improved results. Dr. Ludwig firmly believes in pre-operative education, postoperative support, and long-term follow-up to enhance success and minimize problems. Outside of work, he enjoys time with his wife and two sons. Hobbies include breeding and training British Labrador retrievers, hunting and weight-lifting with his sons and jujitsu.

Training

Pacific Union College
Biology
1990

Medical School

Loma Linda University
1994

Residency

Virginia Mason Medical Center
General Surgery
1999

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Providence General and Specialty Surgery
500 West Broadway Street, Floor 4
Missoula, MT 59802

Providence Bariatric Services - Montana
500 West Broadway Street, Floor 4
Missoula, MT 59802

Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Medical Group - Montana

Affiliated Locations
Providence St. Patrick Hospital

Clinical Interests

  • Adiposity
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Bariatric Surgery Complications
  • Bariatric Surgery Revision
  • Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch
  • Duodenal Switch
  • Gastric Banding
  • Gastric Pacemaker
  • Gastric Pouch Reduction Surgery
  • Gastric Restrictive Surgery
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Surgery
  • Gastroplasty
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Hiatal Hernia Repair
  • Insertion Of Gastric Balloon
  • Laparoscopic Band Adjustments
  • Laparoscopic Gastric Restrictive Procedure
  • Laparoscopic Gastric Stimulator Placement
  • Laparoscopic Removal Of Gastric Restrictive Devices
  • Laparoscopic Revision Of Gastric Restrictive Procedure
  • Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • Obesity
  • Obesity Surgery
  • Rose Procedure
  • Roux En Y Bypass
  • Stomach Stapling
  • Surgical Weight Loss
  • Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
  • Weight Gain After Bariatric Surgery
  • Weight Loss
  • Weight Loss And Bariatric Surgery