Celinés Morales-Ribeiro, MD

Celinés Morales-Ribeiro, MD

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Obesity Medicine

Surgery can be overwhelming , therefore, I aspire to provide innovative, comprehensive and compassionate personalized care for patients undergoing general and bariatric surgery. My goal is to help patients achieve and assure lifelong success.

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Related Services

Related Practices

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Obesity Medicine

Other Areas of Practice

  • Bloodless Medicine

Procedures

  • Adhesion Lysis
  • Appendectomy
  • Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Foregut Surgery
  • Fundoplication
  • Gallbladder Surgery
  • Gastrectomy
  • Gastric Band Removal
  • Gastric Band to Gastric Bypass Conversion
  • Gastric Band to Gastric Sleeve Conversion
  • Gastric Bypass Reversal
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery
  • Gastric Sleeve to Gastric Bypass Conversion
  • Heller Myotomy
  • Hernia Repair
  • Laparoscopic Surgery, Diagnostic
  • Metabolic Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Reflux Surgery
  • Revision Robotic Hernia (Ventral, Incisional, Inguinal, Hiatal) Surgery
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Small Bowel Surgery
  • Stomach Surgery
  • Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • Weight Loss Surgery

Conditions Treated

  • Appendicitis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Cysts
  • Diabetes, Type 2
  • Diverticulitis
  • Esophageal Disease
  • Gallbladder Disease
  • Gallstones
  • Gastric Band Problems
  • Gastric Band Problems: Food Intolerance
  • Gastric Band Problems: Pain
  • Gastric Band Problems: Weight Gain
  • Gastric Band Slippage
  • Gastric Stenosis
  • Gastric Strictures
  • GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
  • GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor)
  • Hepatobiliary Disease
  • Hernia, Abdominal
  • Hernia, Hiatal
  • Hernia, Incisional
  • Hernia, Inguinal
  • Hernia, Internal
  • Hernia, Paraesophageal
  • Hernia, Umbilical
  • Hernia, Ventral
  • Intestinal Stenosis
  • Intestinal Strictures
  • Lipomas
  • Malnutrition after Bariatric Surgery
  • Marginal Ulcers
  • Obesity
  • Obesity After Bariatric Surgery
  • Reflux
  • Reflux (GERD) After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
  • Weight Regain

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

Bariatric and General Surgery at Englewood

A

25 Rockwood Place Suite 120 Englewood, NJ 07631

Phone: 201-608-2848
Fax: 201-608-2855
Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Bariatric and General Surgery at Fair Lawn

B

22-18 Broadway Suite 301 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

Phone: 973-321-2755
Fax: 201-894-0093

Bariatric and General Surgery at Jersey City

C

2 Journal Square Plaza 2nd Floor, Medical Suites Jersey City, NJ 07306

Phone: 551-325-2442
Fax: 201-963-8331

Insurance

Insurances Accepted

Please contact your insurance company directly prior to receiving services or care to confirm your coverage. Although we have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate, only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plus
  • Aetna Better Health of New Jersey
  • Aetna CCN
  • Aetna CoreSource
  • Aetna Coventry
  • Aetna FIDE-SNP
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Aetna Whole Health HMO
  • Aetna Whole Health PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna Medicare Advantage
  • Cigna Open Access Plus
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Medicare Advantage

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth National
  • EmblemHealth PPO1
  • EmblemHealth PPO2
  • EmblemHealth PPO3
  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
  • Vytra

Empire BCBS

  • Blue Priority
  • Direct HMO
  • Direct PPO
  • Empire BCBS EPO
  • Empire BCBS GEPO
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VFG)
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
  • Empire BCBS HMO
  • Empire BCBS Indemnity
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
  • Empire BCBS POS
  • Empire BCBS PPO

Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

  • Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

Fidelis Care NJ

  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid Managed Care

First Health

  • First Health

GEHA

  • GEHA Health Plan

Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
  • Horizon BCBS Braven Health
  • Horizon BCBS EPO
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
  • Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)

Humana

  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • Humana ChoicePOS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS 23
  • Humana Gold Plus DE-SNP
  • Humana Gold Plus HMO
  • Humana Medicare (Employer PPO Plus)
  • Humana Medicare PPO
  • Humana Medicare PPO 2023
  • Humana National Medicare HMO
  • Humana National POS - Open Access
  • Humana National POS - Open Access Plus

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicaid

  • Medicaid NJ

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
  • MultiPlan Worker's Comp
  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

QualCare

  • Choice Care
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP PPO
  • HIP PRIME HMO
  • HIP PRIME PPO
  • Oscar
  • QualCare EPO
  • QualCare FEHB
  • QualCare GHI PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare Humana
  • QualCare PPO
  • QualCare Worker's Comp

Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

TRICARE North Region

  • CHAMPVA
  • DVA

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
  • Compass Benefit (Exchange)
  • Medica
  • River Valley
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Wellcare NJ

  • Wellcare NJ Ambetter
  • Wellcare NJ Medicare Managed Care

Wellpoint

  • Wellpoint Medicaid
  • Wellpoint Medicare Advantage

About

About Celinés Morales-Ribeiro

Dr. Morales-Ribeiro is a board certified surgeon specializing in bariatric and general surgery. She serves as the director of metabolic & bariatric surgery.  She received her MD at SUNY Buffalo College of Medicine and completed a residency and fellowship in bariatric surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Her clinical interests include weight loss surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions that includes diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Dr. Morales-Ribeiro also has expertise in minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Dr. Morales-Ribeiro is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, and a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. 

Honors & Awards

2019: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Fellow, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Committees and Leadership Positions

Director of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

MD: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine

Residency

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Fellowship

SUNY Upstate Medical University: Bariatric Surgery

Certifications & Distinctions

  • General Surgery (American Board of Surgery)
  • Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery)
  • Obesity Medicine (American Board of Obesity Medicine)