Dr. Jay
Dr. Jay is a Metabolic Surgeon and Obesity Medicine Specialist based in the Augusta, Georgia area. He is board-certified in General Surgery and Obesity Medicine, fellowship-trained in Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, and fully bilingual. He practices at Savannah River Advanced Surgery, PC, and founded LeanDreams as the virtual medical weight-management program built on that same clinical foundation — evaluating medication, behavioral support and surgery as tools, not trends, and recommending a path for the individual patient.
Residency: General Surgery — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Fellowship: Bariatric and Robotic Surgery — University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
How he got hereHe began his medical career more than 25 years ago as an active-duty Navy Corpsman, serving six years — including a tour in Iraq in 2003 — before working as a civilian paramedic on the way to becoming a surgeon.
Dr. Jay evaluates medication, behavioral support and surgery as tools — not trends. Most weight-loss programs can only offer you one of those doors: he can manage medications, coach behavior change, and tell you honestly when surgery belongs in the conversation.
Alongside Dr. Jay, the LeanDreams team includes a registered dietitian and several behavioral health specialists — not a single chatbot trying to cover nutrition, mindset and medicine at once.
Dr. Jay and several members of the LeanDreams team are fully bilingual in English and Spanish, so care doesn’t get lost between languages.
From active-duty Navy Corpsman to bariatric surgeon, Dr. Jay’s training is decades of direct patient care — not a script written once and reused on everyone.
Three dedicated behavioral health specialists — one of them a clinical psychologist focused on cognitive-behavioral therapy — and one registered dietitian. That mix isn’t an accident: knowing what to eat is rarely the hard part. Doing it with a job, a family and a full life is.
Dr. Jay is a practicing, board-certified surgeon. He operates through Savannah River Advanced Surgery, PC and founded LeanDreams as the virtual medical weight-management program built on that same clinical training — it’s a physician-led program, not a stand-alone app.
They’re professional medical credentials: FACS (Fellow, American College of Surgeons), FASMBS (Fellow, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery), DABOM (Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine) and DABS (Diplomate, American Board of Surgery).
Yes. Dr. Jay and several members of the LeanDreams team are fully bilingual, and the program is designed for care in both English and Spanish.
Both. Dr. Jay founded and leads LeanDreams, and works alongside a registered dietitian, behavioral health specialists and certified personal trainers — see the team above.
Yes. LeanDreams is designed for virtual care, so you can work with the team from wherever you are.
