When Dr. Josh Roller arrived in Northwest Arkansas in 2007, bariatric surgery was viewed with skepticism. Nearly two decades later, Roller has performed more than 13,000 weight-loss surgeries, and built a 100-employee practice spanning three cities.
He also opened Arkansas' first accredited bariatric ambulatory surgery center -- transforming Fayetteville into a hub for minimally invasive weight loss surgery, drawing patients from 49 states and from across the world.
From Tulsa, Okla., Roller attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma. After residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive bariatric and advanced laparoscopic surgery at Duke University Medical Center.
He and his wife, Kristin, also a physician, planned to return to Tulsa, but when a Northwest Arkansas hospital called, they decided to visit as a backup plan.
"We changed five and a half years of planning in less than 24 hours and decided to come to Fayetteville," Roller said. The opportunity to start his own program, "do something unique and revolve around patients," was appealing, as were the opportunities "to impact change with the...
Source: https://talkbusiness.net/2026/02/then-and-now-dr-josh-roller-builds-bariatric-surgery-hub/
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