About Us

Surgical Excellence, LLC was created to help bariatric and general surgery practices and programs enhance quality of care and patient safety while reducing professional liability risk. In the field of bariatrics, our service goals include moving more bariatric surgeons and bariatric programs to full Centers of Excellence status; helping bariatric surgeons meet the stringent requirements needed to become an insured of NOVUS RRG; reducing morbidity and mortality in bariatrics; increasing quality of care and safety; and providing peer review services specific to the needs of bariatric surgery programs.

We are committed to bringing quality and superior risk reduction and management solutions to your organization in a proactive approach that addresses potential medical-legal risk factors. We offer client-focused services that reflect a collaborative pursuit of excellence. Our Surgical Excellence team will work closely with you in providing value-added specific traditional and innovative strategies to achieve the next level of excellence in quality patient care.

In addition to professional liability risk reduction matters, transparency, benchmarking, pay-for-performance and other initiatives make it more important than ever for hospitals and surgeons to demonstrate the quality of their care through performance measures and outcomes. Surgical Excellence, LLC offers services that can help surgeons not only survive in the current healthcare environment, but also be more successful!

Our Surgical Excellence, LLC Board of Directors consists of nationally recognized medical, legal and risk management leadership in the bariatric and general surgery fields.

Board members include:

• Philip R. Schauer, M.D.
• Neil E. Hutcher, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
• Adrian E. Park, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S. 
• T. Karl Byrne, M.D.
• Peter C. LePort, M.D.
• James W. Saxton, Esq.