Meet the Team
Ryan Heider, M.D.
Medical Director/Surgeon
Under Dr. Heider's leadership as medical director for Surgical Weight Loss and Advanced General Surgery Langtree, recognitions include: the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program; Designated Member, Blue Distinction Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery(r) Program (BDC+); and Designated Institute of Quality by Aetna Institutes of Quality(r) (IOQ) Bariatric Program. Dr. Heider received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed his surgery training at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. While at UNC, he participated in a variety of advanced minimally invasive and laparoscopic procedures, including laparoscopic gastric bypass, gastrectomy and esophageal surgery. Dr. Heider has also published numerous articles and completed extensive research in the area of advanced laparoscopic surgery. He was one of the first surgeons to perform single-incision, "scarless" bariatric surgery and is one of a limited number of surgeons in the nation with the advanced training to perform the 90-minute procedure.
Meet Dr. Heider
Catherine Wilson, PA-C
Bariatrics, Medical Weight Loss
Catherine Wilson, PA-C, is a certified physician assistant who specializes in bariatrics and medical weight loss management. She received her master's degree in physician assistant studies from Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina, and she received her Bachelor of Arts in biology from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. She is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants.
Services include:
- Weight loss consultation, analysis and guidance
- Guidance on dietary and nutritional planning
- Physician exam, lab work, review of medications
- Non-surgical weight loss options
- Goal setting
- Wellness
- Exercise consultation and management
- Advice on exercise regimens
- Minor, in-office surgical procedures
- Diabetes education