Dr.’s Broussard and Walton trained together in general surgery and bariatric surgery in Birmingham, Alabama.  After residency each developed successful general surgery practices in small to midsized towns (Broussard in southern Louisiana, Walton in northern Oklahoma).  Independently they developed successful bariatric surgery programs.  After a couple of years it became clear to each that “one surgeon” programs were not the optimal situation.

The doctors kept up with each other at a yearly residency alumni meeting and occasional phone calls.  Once it was clear that neither surgeon could attract an excellent bariatric surgeon to their respective towns, they began to look for other opportunities.  By serendipity they encountered Foundation Bariatric Affiliates (FBA) who had the same ideas of an comprehensive pre and post operative program in a specialty hospital.  With FBA’s financial backing and Dr. Broussard’s and Dr. Walton’s expertise they opened the Foundation Bariatric Hospital of Oklahoma in March of 2006.

Before Dr. Greg Walton became a physician and surgeon, he was a patient in a burn unit. That experience lead him to dedicate his life to helping other patients through their medical difficulties. It also helped give him the caring heart that his patients so appreciate and admire.

Dr. Walton is an Oklahoma native who earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He began his career with a general surgery residency at the Carraway Methodist Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center, in Birmingham, Alabama where the chairman of his program was unique in that he did many bariatric surgeries and trained his surgeons to do them in addition to other general surgeries. This mentor was also forward thinking in seeing the importance of the laparoscopic approach to Gastric Bypass. Dr. Walton shared this interest and became focused on performing bariatric surgery. He later set up a program for bariatric surgery at a hospital in Enid, Oklahoma and performed hundreds more bariatric operations in his three years there.

Dr. Walton has been awarded a fellowship in burns and ICU medicine with the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research at Brook Army Hospital, Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He serves on the board of directors for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Walton’s other professional memberships include the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the Southwest Surgical Congress, and the American Medical Association.

He says, “We don’t cure obesity. We provide the best possible treatments for it.”

Dr. Toby Broussard was born in Morgan City, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Zoology. Following this he entered medical school at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport and earned his M.D.

Dr. Broussard’s surgical training also began in Birmingham, Alabama at Carraway Methodist Medical Center. After completing his surgical residency, he moved back to Louisiana and began a well rounded private practice that he managed for 13 years.

During Dr. Broussard’s residency at Carraway Methodist Medical Center he was exposed to bariatric surgery and continued to develop a strong interest in it while operating his private practice. Eventually, Dr. Broussard made the decision to devote most of his time to bariatric surgery. He enjoys helping patients transform their lives medically and socially. “[it] is not only thrilling for the patients, but is particularly rewarding for me as a surgeon.” Dr. Broussard says. His decision to accept a position with Foundation Bariatric Hospital of Oklahoma was a natural fit and provided an incredible opportunity for him to pursue his surgical passion.

Dr. Broussard is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and diplomat of the American Board of Surgery. His professional memberships include the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, Caraway Surgical Society, Gulf Coast Vascular Society, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), St. Landry Parish Medical Society and Louisiana State Medical Society.