Katherine Lamond is the medical director for the Sibley Center for Weight Loss Surgery. She came to Johns Hopkins Medicine from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Lamond performs Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding. She also practices general surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and is active in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Gina Adrales will build the first Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johns Hopkins. She joins Johns Hopkins Medicine from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, with clinical expertise in gastroesophageal reflux disease, gallbladder disease, achalasia, splenectomy, bariatric surgery, colorectal surgery (open and laparoscopic), and open and laparoscopic hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, incisional, umbilical, hiatal and paraesophageal). Adrales has served in leadership roles in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Hernia Society, and the Association of Women Surgeons.