LaparoscopicInguinalHerniaRepair near Provo, UT

Biography: Dr. Gregory Peirce grew up in Utah Valley and graduated from Lone Peak High School. He then served a religious mission in Venezuela for 2 years. He graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He attended Medical School at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Peirce finished a general surgery residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Afterwards, he furthered his medical education by completing a Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.Dr. Peirce served as an active-duty surgeon for the US Army for 14 years. During this time, he deployed several times to the Middle East and acted as Chief of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.Dr. Peirce joins Utah Surgical Associates as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. His interests include bariatric surgery, hernia surgery, anti-reflux surgery and minimally invasive surgery to include laparoscopic and robotic procedures. He performs several forms of bariatric surgery to include sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, single anastomosis duodeno-ileostomy with sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch and revisional surgery.Outside of his professional career, Dr. Peirce loves to be with his wife and three children and is excited to return to Utah Valley. He remains in the US Army Reserves and is fluent in Spanish.

Biography: Dr. Cook grew up in California where he earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He then attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cook completed both his general surgery residency and abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle and is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He relocated to Salt Lake City with his wife and daughter where he practices and is passionate about transplant, hepatobiliary, and general surgery.