Dr. Greg Walton MD, FACS

"Bariatric Surgery dramatically affects the lives of patients, from a health standpoint but also from a social standpoint." - Dr. Walton

Gregory F. Walton, MD, attended Oklahoma State University and studied chemical engineering with a pre-med option. He suffered a devastating injury from an oil field explosion during the summer after his junior year of college. The explosion resulted in severe burns over 75 percent of his body and required 20 operations, as well as two months of hospitalization and one year of intensive physical therapy. In spite of a three percent chance of survival, he returned to college in one year and started medical school two years after the accident.

This experience shaped Dr. Walton's passionate commitment to helping other patients through medical difficulties. Dr. Walton earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1989 and began his career with a general surgery residency at the Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, after graduation. After completing his general surgery residency, exposure to bariatric surgery techniques from his residency period fueled continued interest in the field. Watching the laparoscopic approach to bariatric surgery evolve, Dr. Walton decided to begin a bariatric program.

In March 2006, Dr. Walton persuaded Dr. Broussard to join him in forming Transforming Lives, PLLC and opening Summit Medical Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. Since then, their practice has grown into the premier bariatric surgery practice in the region.