Meet Dr Belnap......

Dr. Belnap, a native of Salt Lake City, has been a general surgeon in the Rocky Mountain area since 1981. He is regarded as a knowledgeable and accomplished technical surgeon by his peers. Dr. Belnap's interest in the problem of obesity began with his surgical residency in 1974. He received extensive training in obesity and gastric bypass surgery at the University of Minnesota and University of Utah-LDS Hospital programs. His experience with surgery for obesity approaches thirty years involving thousands of cases. His area of expertise not only includes obesity surgery, but also organ transplantation and upper abdominal cancer. Because of his vast experience, difficult cases are referred to Dr. Belnap by physicians throughout the western United States.

Dr. Belnap graduated with highest academic honors from Dartmouth College and was awarded a scholarship to study philosophy in Europe. Thereafter, he began his medical career, studying at the University of Utah, University of Minnesota, University of California and the University of Pittsburgh. This varied experience provided him with training by some of America's greatest surgeons. He and his partner Dr Van der Werf are currently the only surgeons in the intermountain area whom perform liver and pancreas transplantation. Dr. Belnap has been an invited professor of surgery at Columbia University and is currently a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Utah-LDS Hospital program. Although he receives many offers at universities throughout the United States, he prefers the intermountain area.

He is board certified and is a member of many medical societies including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He is a recipient of the American Cancer Society Humanitarian award, given for compassionate care toward patients. His extensive surgical background benefits those patients he serves and makes him one of the most consulted surgeons in Utah. As one of his students stated "He can fix almost anything".

Although his greatest love is surgery, Dr. Belnap enjoys skiing, mountain biking and fly-fishing. He is a founding member of the Snowbird ski patrol and loves chocolate chip cookies. (Hint Hint. No Walnuts, he is allergic).

"Why do I perform both organ transplantation and gastric bypass surgery? Both procedures give these patients new life and new hope. I am more than rewarded by the change in their lives."