Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, MD, PhD, MEng

Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, MD is metabolic bariatric surgeon with the Center for Medical and Surgical Weight Loss. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery with a focus on weight loss, foregut, and hernia surgery.

He earned a medical degree and a doctoral degree in molecular biology from the University of Athens in Greece. He completed his surgical residency at Duke University Medical Center and an advanced laparoscopic, bariatric, and minimally invasive surgery clinical fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Economopoulos also received a master’s degree in biomedical engineering with a focus on medical device design from Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. He has experience in basic science, clinical, and translational research with fellowships at the Athens Medical Center, Hygeia, Prolepsis Medical Group, Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment.

Dr. Economopoulos is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Boston Surgical Society, and the American Medical Association.

He has an extensive peer-reviewed publication record with more than 120 articles, 6,000 citations and an H-index of 45. He is a dedicated mentor of many college students, medical students, and surgical residents in the United States and abroad.