Dr. Linden A. Karas

Dr. Linden Karas is a fellowship-trained bariatric and general surgeon practicing in Lyndhurst and Westlake, Ohio. She is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and verified through MBSAQIP. She completed her bariatric and minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic after a general surgery residency at Mercy Catholic Medical Center, and earned her medical degree at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

She founded Karas Weight Loss and Wellness after nine years building bariatric programs in Northeast Ohio. The practice offers gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, SADI-S, Mag-DI, revision surgery, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and TORe, along with the Allurion balloon program and a medical weight loss program that includes GLP-1 and oral medication management. For patients who qualify, surgery is done the same day at Legacy Surgery Center in Lyndhurst or Big Creek Surgery Center in Middleburg Heights rather than requiring a hospital stay. She also treats hernias, gallbladder disease and reflux, and performs upper endoscopy and screening colonoscopy.

Dr. Karas holds privileges at University Hospitals and Southwest General, and sees patients at both the Lyndhurst and Westlake offices.

Dr. Karas is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Obesity, Hernia, Short Bowel Syndrome, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Karas is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Karas is currently accepting new patients.