James McDowell is a Bariatric and General surgeon from Nashville Tennessee. He has been in practice for 20 years in the Nashville area. He has served as President of the Nashville Surgical Society, Director of the Center for Surgical and Medical Weight loss at St. Thomas Midtown hospital and as Chief of the Department of Surgery at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital. His primary practice is at Hendersonville Medical Center however he operates at Centennial Medical Center, St. Thomas Midtown, Northcrest Medical Center, and St. Thomas West. His clinical interest is in Bariatric surgery, disease of the foregut, and revisional Bariatric surgery.