Andrew Hajduczek, M.D.

 

Dr. Andrew Hajduczek was born and raised in Poland where he graduated from The Silesian Medical Academy and finished internship and surgical training (5 years).

After immigrating to the United States, he completed internship and the surgical residency program at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA and started in busy private practice in the South Bay area in 1988. The scope of his practice  included all aspects of general surgery (including laparoscopic – since 1990) as well as vascular and thoracic surgery. He served as Chief of Surgery in three hospitals (double terms after first being a Vice Chief there).

After associating with Dr. Milton L. Owens in 1996, assisting on over 1,000 bariatric operations and participating actively in peri & post-op patients care he shifted gradually his main interest into surgery for the management of obesity and related problems. He since gained extensive experience in all aspects of laparoscopic and open bariatric operations (including complex revisions) and performs them regularly as a mainstay of his practice.

Dr. Hajduczek is a Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an active member of So.California chapter of The American College of Surgeons, Los Angeles Surgical Society, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS). He’s a staff member of 5 local hospitals.