Charles Kenneth Mitchell Jr., MD FACS

Dr. Charles Kenneth Mitchell Jr. is the Medical Director for the Department of Bariatric Surgery and Medical Weight Loss at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, in Charleston, SC. He also serves as the surgeon champion for the institution in association with the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). Dr. Mitchell’s work focuses on the surgical and non-surgical treatment of obesity and value-based quality care, with an emphasis on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS). He is currently the Vice President for the Bariatric Society of the Carolinas, and serves as a site surveyor for the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). Dr. Mitchell has been invited to present at multiple national meetings on topics such as surgical technique, enhanced recovery, opioid reduction, and quality improvement metrics. Clinically, Dr. Mitchell is a board-certified general surgeon with a practice currently focusing on the surgical treatment of patients with morbid obesity. He received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Alabama, his MD from The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and completed his general surgery residency at Vidant Hospital which is affiliated with East Carolina University. Dr. Mitchell has practiced bariatric surgery for over 21 years, and helped to establish two different comprehensive centers that have been accredited by the ACS and MBSAQIP, one in Pinehurst, NC, in association with FirstHealth of the Carolinas, and the other in Charleston, SC, in association with Roper St. Francis Healthcare.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• gastric banding
• gastroplasty
• laparoscopic gastric banding
• laparoscopic gastric bypass
• roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Roper St. Francis Bariatric and Metabolic Services

Director