Dr. Carr specializes in general, foregut and bariatric surgery. At UC Davis in Sacramento, he has practiced within the Division of Foregut and Endometabolic Surgery and has been a Co-instructor of Record for Surgical Education in the School of Medicine.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where he was also a NASA Space Center Grant Scholar. He went on to receive his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, and to complete his residency in categorical general surgery at Atlanta Medical Center, where he served as chief resident in 2012.

He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and holds specialty certifications in fundamentals of laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. He is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Carr has been active in a wide variety of research projects on topics such as diabetes in bariatric surgery patients, single-incision and multi-incision robotic gallbladder removal surgery and alleviating chronic pain in thoracic surgery patients. His current research interests include comorbidities and outcomes in bariatric surgery and robotic and endoscopic surgical innovation.

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