Dr. David Hargroder is a graduate of LSU Medical School and completed his surgical residency at LSU Medical Center. He has been in private practice since 1993 and served as chairman of the Department of Surgery at Mercy Hospital in Joplin from 2008 through 2012. He currently serves as chairman of the division of General Surgery. He is a trauma, general, and bariatric surgeon and was the first surgeon trained to perform the Mini-Gastric Bypass by Dr. Robert Rutledge, the founder of the Mini-Gastric Bypass procedure.

For nearly two decades, Dr. Hargroder has worked with, studied, and helped people struggling with obesity. He is quickly becoming known as “America’s Weight Loss Doctor” and is loved by patients literally around the world! His compassionate approach to each of his patients and depth of knowledge is without rival.