LEWISTON — Surgeon Jamie Loggins, M.D., was a featured speaker at a recent Reduced Port Surgical Group Conference in Philadelphia. He discussed developments in the use of minimally-invasive surgical techniques in bariatric surgery, also known as weight-loss surgery.

The Reduced Port Surgical Group is a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of surgical techniques that use miniaturized technology to reduce scarring, speed recovery and improve patient safety.

Loggins has practiced with Central Maine Bariatric Surgery since 2006. He directed the development of Central Maine Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program. Central Maine Bariatric Surgery is Central Maine Medical Group specialty surgical practice.

Before beginning his work at CMMC, Loggins completed a fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., which supports an American Society for Bariatric Surgeons accredited “Center of Excellence” in Bariatric Surgery.

A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., he earned his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.

Loggins is certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.