Claire Terez

Claire Terez, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained laparoscopic and robotic bariatric and general surgeon. She grew up in New Jersey and obtained her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. She then remained at Rutgers-NJMS for her general surgery residency training followed by her fellowship training in Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal surgery here at Advanced Surgical and Bariatrics under the direction of Dr. Ragui Sadek. She agreed to stay on as a full time surgeon and we are excited to welcome her as one of the newest members of our team.

Dr. Terez performs laparoscopic and robotic sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, revisional bariatric surgery and surgery for severe acid reflux as well as numerous general surgery procedures such as hernia repair and cholecystectomy. She has published research and presented nationally on bariatric and minimally invasive surgery. She has a special interest in the use of weight loss medications and their application within the field of bariatric surgery. She truly enjoys helping patients meet both their weight loss goals and their non-scale victories.

Dr. Terez enjoys spending her free time with her family, including her husband and son James. Together they love relaxing at the Jersey Shore. She also enjoys yoga, pilates and doing DIY projects around their house.