Bariatric Surgeon Wade Barker, M.D.

Dr. Wade Barker is an experienced bariatric surgeon, certified by the American Board of Surgery, who has helped over 2000 patients in Dallas and across Texas overcome morbid obesity and adopt new, healthier lifestyles. He and his staff pride themselves on providing individualized attention to every patient who enters their office. They also strive to make sure patients are well informed and comfortable with the weight loss surgery process. When Dr. Barker's patients commit to improving their health and understand their vital role in making weight loss surgery successful, the results of surgery speak for themselves.

Although located in Dallas, Dr. Barker has performed LAP-BAND surgery on patients from all over the Metroplex including: Fort Worth, Arlington, Richardson, Addison, Plano, Lewisville, Denton, and other cities.

In addition to his experience, Dr. Barker has an extensive educational background. After starting his undergraduate studies at Southwest Texas State University, Dr. Barker graduated magna cum laude from Eastern New Mexico University. Here he received an award for outstanding senior biology student along with a Loan Star Scholarship. He continued on to Texas Tech University School of Medicine to complete medical school, the internship and the general surgery residency.

Dr. Barker is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Dallas County Medical Association, and the American Bariatric Society. He has completed a preceptorship sponsored by the American Society of Bariatric Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Learn more about our bariatric surgery options by reading our obesity surgery FAQs or have your questions answered in person by using our online contact form. Someone will contact you within 48 hours to schedule your consultation. Below are the other members of the office that make it all possible.

The People Who make it Possible

Hello, it's Dr. Barker again and I would like to take this time that you have devoted to researching our site to introduce you to our very special hand-picked staff members. We realize there are many other options out there, but it seems time and time again people choose to go with our center because of how we treat them during their consultation and recommend us to friends for how we treat them during the pre and post operation stages. It is our staff that makes everything run smoothly and ensures a positive experience for all parties involved and I would like to give credit where credit is due. First, I would like to personally introduce you to all the senior staff members who keep us all organized, our operations running smooth, and make sure all your questions and concerns are answered to the fullest extent. Below are are the people who make it possible for me to help individuals around the Dallas area improve their lives significantly through this truly phenomenal, life-altering, surgery.

Dana is our office manager (top row, second from the right), and she heads the coordination of patient care and making sure that each and every patient has an excellent experience with our office, staffers, before and after surgery. Dana also completes all of our insurance billing from right here in the office, so if you ever have any questions regarding a claim on file, give her a call.

She is very professional and courteous and is the person you will need to speak with to schedule your Lap Band consultation. If you haven't done so already, go ahead and send her a message, and she will get back with you usually the same day.

Earline is our on-staff resident nurse (top row, first on the right). Full-qualified, she assists with pre-certifications, surgery scheduling, as well as helps me with individualized patient care.

Dale is our Insurance coordinator (first row, first on the left). He is in charge of the pre-determination and qualifying process to help future patients in receiving approval from his or her insurance company. Reading all the fine print can be a daunting task, and Dale is an expert so feel free to ask him to interpret.

He will sit down with you and go over everything required by your particular plan step-by-step to make this process as easy as possible. He will personally submit a packet on your behalf to your insurance carrier so you don't have to.

Read out free Lap-band Insurance Tips Guide to learn most of what you need to know about the insurance process. Many of the insurance providers that cover bariatric surgery will be listed in the free guide. If your provider is not listed in the guide, it does not necessarily mean you are not covered. Give us a call to find out for sure.