Shawn Garber, MD, is the founder and CEO of the New York Bariatric Group and chief of bariatric surgery for the whole Catholic Health System in New York. In 2000, Dr. Garber built his business from a solo surgeon practice subletting office space from a cardiologist on Long Island to a PE-backed business in five states including Arkansas, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Oklahoma. In 2019, Dr. Garber sold a majority portion of his management company to PE, a model that has