Brian M. Long, M.D. is a 1997 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He received his General Surgery Residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/ Parkland Memorial Hospital where he was twice awarded the Resident Teaching Award.
Dr. Long joined Foxhall Surgical Associates, PC in August 2006 after serving four years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. Beginning in 2002, he was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, where he performed general surgery and led a Critical Care Air Transport Team on deployment in the Persian Gulf. From 2004-2006, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he served as the Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery as the Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Dr. Long is Board Certified in General Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a full member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, as well as a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He was also recently designated a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
As the Director of the new Sibley Center for Weight Loss Surgery, Dr. Long performs laparoscopic and open gastric bypass surgery, as well as the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Additionally, Dr. Long has a special interest in advanced laparoscopic procedures, including abdominal wall hernia repairs, small intestine and colon resection, cholecystectomy, Heller myotomy for achalasia, Nissen fundoplication for reflux, distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, and adrenalectomy.