Professor (TE) and Benjamin F. Rush, Jr. MD Chair of Surgery Assistant Dean of Simulation, Innovation & Scholarship Chief of Service, University Hospital
Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable) The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after
it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should
be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and
insurance companies.
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS
Professor and Benjamin F. Rush, Jr. MD Endowed Chair
Department of Surgery
Chief of Surgical Services at University Hospital
Assistant Dean of Simulation, Innovation & Scholarship
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr Jones graduated from Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College.
He completed his Surgery residency and Minimally Invasive Surgery research fellowship at
Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Following his training, he joined the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and founded the Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive
Surgery. His team performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in Texas in 1997 at Parkland
Hospital.
In 2003, Dr. Jones joined Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(BIDMC), where he was Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive
Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at BIDMC. At Harvard, he founded the Shapiro
Simulation and Skills Center, serving as its Director. He convened the Harvard Medical School
international symposium, "Obesity Surgery: Patient Safety and Best Practices." When the ACS and
ASMBS collaborated to create the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality
Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), Dr. Jones co-chaired the Verification Committee and oversaw the
accreditation of over 900 bariatric programs in the U.S.
Dr Jones is Vice President, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract ( SSAT), and Past President of The
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Association for Surgical
Education (ASE).
Education
MS, 2003, University of Texas at Dallas, Master of Medical Management MD, 1990, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, Medicine
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure New Jersey
Certification American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
Relevant Publications
Jones DB, Mathews B. Master Techniques in Surgery: Hernia. 2nd Edition, Lippincott, Williams
& Williams, Philadelphia; 2026.
Jones DB. (ed.) Pocket Surgery, Third Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA,2025.
Lim R, Jones DB. General Surgery Examination and Board Review, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill Education,
New York, NY, 2025.
Scott DJ, Jones DB, Rooney DM, Phitayakorn R, Pugh C. Surgical simulation and new ways to improve
performance. In Tyler D, et al. (eds.) Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical
Practice. 22nd edition, Elsevier, New York, NY, 2025
Johnson S, Qureshi A, Schlussel, Renton D, Jones DB. The SAGES Manual of Strategy and Leadership,
Springer, New York, NY, 2024.
Riddle E, Kewalramani D, Narayan M, Jones DB. Surgical simulation: virtual reality to artificial intelligence.
In Ashley S, et al, Current Problems in Surgery, Elsevier, New York, 61(11): 101625. 2024
Baillot A, Bernard P, Eddine JN, Thomas JG, Schumacher LM, Papasavas PH, Vithiananthan S, Jones DB,
Bond D. Associations of weather and air pollution with objective physical activity and sedentary time before
and after bariatric surgery: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study, Environmental Research
Communications 26(8) 085003 2024.
Nasri B, Lim R, Ellsemere J, Fernandes A, Jones DB. Metabolic and bariatric surgery: an update since
2010. In Ashley S, et al, Current Problems in Surgery, Elsevier, New York, 61(11) 101549, 2024
Lim R, Jones DB. Bariatric Surgery Examination and Board Review, McGraw Hill Education, New York, NY,
2023.
De S, Jackson CD, Jones DB. Intelligent virtual operating room for enhancing nontechnical skills. JAMA
Surgery, Surgical Innovation. 158(6): 662-663, 2023.
Course List
Develop Simulators for Surgical Training
Simulation/Education
Our education-based research has established a technical skills laboratory validating new teaching
tools and instituting curriculums for medical students, residents and surgeons in practice. Using group
video trainers, we demonstrated for the first time in Surgery that intense skills training improved
operative performance. Computer trainers which provided immediate feedback further improved
trainees' ability to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Other simulators included novel
models for laparoscopic hernia repair, common bile duct exploration, and NOTES.
Studies demonstrated error with sleep deprivation among post-call surgical residents. Furthermore,
programs for medical students suggest the benefit from early exposure to simulation.
Our Generation (Gen 2) cognitive simulator seeks to create a Star Trek hallodeck experience by
creating an environment as close to real surgery as possible, including the operating room
environment, devices, avatars, and room noises, making the training very realistic.
Bariatric Surgery
Our research also focuses on the clinical outcomes. We have a large database from which we have
published on the following topics: expectations for weight loss and willingness to accept risk,
quality of life among obese patients, obesity-related stigmata and functional status, patient factors
associated with undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy vs Roux-en-
Y gastric bypass, and high-risk alcohol use after weight loss surgery.
Simulation and outcomes research funded by the NIH:
Ecological momentary assessment of behavioral and psychological predictors of weight loss
following bariatric surgery; NIH, 2015-2017
Development and validation of virtual endoluminal surgery simulator (VESS) for the treatment of
colorectal cancer; NIH, 2016-2021
Development and validation of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLAST); NIH, 2009-2017
