Dr. Joe Northup is a Bariatric Surgeon with 15 years of experience, having performed thousands of bariatric procedures. Dr. Northup completed his residency at the Medical College of Ohio and then went on to complete an Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Fellowship at the University of Virginia.
In addition to his clinical experience, he is highly active in the national American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). He serves on four separate national committees including being Chair of the ASMBS Access to Care Committee. Under Dr. Northup’s leadership the Access to Care team received the 2019 Committee of the Year Award.
Dr. Northup has received several awards and authored numerous articles about general and bariatric surgery. Noted for his clinical expertise, Dr. Northup has given lectures and taught numerous courses in addition to proctoring over 40 bariatric surgeons across the U.S for sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass. He was also selected by the American College of Surgeons as a site surveyor for the MBSAQIP Bariatric Accreditation Program.
In addition, Dr. Northup has been nationally recognized for his excellence in patient care. In 2012, he was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal for his outstanding patient follow-up. In 2020, Dr. Northup was named to Ohio Top Doctors and by Dayton Magazine as the Best Bariatric Surgeon. He was also a finalist for Overall Physician of the Year for 2020.
Dr. Northup’s leadership and clinical expertise has been acknowledged by his fellow bariatric surgeons. He was President of the Ohio/Kentucky Chapter of the ASMBS from 2013-2016. Dr. Northup was honored to be chosen by his peers, being elected to the Executive Council of the ASMBS in 2020. He also received the prestigious ASMBS Distinguished Service Award for 2021 for his work in access to care.
Selected publications from PubMed
Small angle neutron scattering study of rhodopsin oligomerization and G-protein coupling in a physiologically relevant lipid membrane.
Soubias O, Nickels JD, Hines KG, Teague WE, Northup JK, Katsaras J, Gawrisch K
Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2025 Dec;1867(8):184454 doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2025.184454.
ARF: the most misunderstood GTPase I ever knew - why study ARF GAPs.
Turn RE, Dacks JB, Rosenberg EM Jr, Soubias O, Northup JK, Randazzo PA
Front Mol Biosci. 2025;12:1668286 doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1668286.
To Improve Homicide Firearm Information Reporting - Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory.
Jiang Y, Lyons D, Northup JB, Hilliard D, Foss K, Young S, Viner-Brown S
R I Med J (2013). 2018 May 1;101(4):21-24.
Relations between rate of negative reinforcement and the persistence of task completion.
Romani PW, Ringdahl JE, Wacker DP, Lustig NH, Vinquist KM, Northup J, Kane AM, Carrion DP
J Appl Behav Anal. 2016 Mar;49(1):122-37 doi: 10.1002/jaba.252.
Cytotoxic Tumor-Targeting Peptides From In Vivo Phage Display.
Northup JR, Deutscher SL
Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2016;19(5):370-7.
Welcome & Introduction - Dr. Kelvin Higa (USA) Maximize device performance with Reload Optimization - Dr. Kelvin Higa (USA) Bariatric Revision Surgery being most unpredictable and Challenging Tissue/Patient Factors - Dr. Joe Northup (USA) Discussion and closing remarks - All faculty moderated by Dr. Kelvin Higa (USA)
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Jan 2023
Published
Oct 2022
In this video, we present a gastric bypass using endocutter and powered circular stapler for gastrojejunal anastomosis. The movement of tissue and its interaction with staplers when the tissue is compressed are shown. During the procedure, there’s no bleeding, although sometimes there can be some bleeding in some tissues along the stomach. Dr. Northup says that the linear stapler is a fantastic tool for cutting and dissection tissues. Residents should watch many surgical training videos because there’s no right or wrong way to do this. Everybody has their own technique, and everyone develops their own technique by watching videos and exploring many surgery videos by many surgeons.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Nov 2021
On May 14 at 8am (New York Time), AIS Channel will be broadcasting this procedure performed by Dr. Joe Northup (USA) and his team at Miami Valley Hospital, USA.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
May 2021
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