Institute
for
Laparoscopic Surgery Bellevue, WA
425-453-7888
425-453-7888
About the Institute for Laparoscopic Surgery
Our Values...
- maintaining the highest standards of quality in the practice of surgery
- providing state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery to our patients
- providing patients with the opportunity to become fully informed regarding their surgical and non-surgical options
- providing consultation, collaboration, and continuing medical education in minimally invasive surgery to the Pacific Northwest medical community
...we treat our patients the way we would treat our family
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive approach to common surgical problems in the abdomen. Many surgical operations that were traditionally performed through large incisions are now accomplished through small keyhole incisions that result in much less surgical trauma and postoperative pain.
At the Institute for Laparoscopic Surgery, we are equally comfortable doing laparoscopic and open procedures. Our patients will not have a recommendation for an open procedure or an intra-operation conversion to an open procedure due to the surgeons inexperience or comfort level with laparoscopy.
Dr. David Lauter went to undergraduate school at Oberlin College and received his M.D. degree from University of Rochester in 1986. He completed his general surgery internship at the University of Washington and his general surgery residency at the University of California at San Diego in 1991. He has been performing advanced laparoscopic surgery in the Puget Sound area since 1992 where he has been a leader in minimally invasive general, bariatric and colo-rectal surgery, including numerous clinical publications and scientific presentations at local and national meetings. His practice has included laparoscopic bariatric surgery since 1999. click here to see Dr. Lauter's resume
Dr. Troy Houseworth went to college at Michigan State University and received his M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve in 2000. He completed his general surgery internship and residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in 2005. He joined the Institute for Laparoscopic Surgery in 2009 after serving 4 years in the U.S. Army where he was stationed at West Point, with deployments to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, and Iraq. His residency training and prior practice included advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery, as well as upper and lower endoscopy.
click here to see Dr. Houseworth's resume
Kelli Brown is the Patient Care Coordinator for the ILS. She has been helping patients at the Institute for Laparoscopic Surgery since 2006. Her expertise includes the ins and outs of insurance coverage for weight loss surgery. Her success rate at helping our patients satisfy the insurance company requirements to obtain bariatric surgery is near 100%. She also works closely with our partners at the BLIS company to provide financial protection for our patients without primary insurance coverage for bariatric surgery.click here to email her with any insurance questions
