Meet Our Physicians
Nearby Locations We Serve
- Wilmington, DE
- Newark, DE
- Bear, DE
- Dover, DE
- Middletown, DE
- Seaford, DE
- Chester, PA
- West Chester, PA
- Elkton, MD
- Aberdeen, MD
- Woodbury, NJ
- Pennsville, NJ
Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery is a group of four board-certified surgeons who have extensive experience in laparoscopic weight loss surgery, breast surgery and general surgery. All of our surgeons are committed to providing excellent surgical care in a caring, compassionate environment.
Isaias Irgau, M.D., FACS, FRCS (Ed)
is president and co-founder of the Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery (CHRIAS). He has extensive experience with minimally invasive weight loss surgery. In conjunction with his associate, Dr. Gail Wynn, he was the first to perform the LAP-BAND® procedure and the first to firmly establish the laparoscopic approach to Roux-n-Y gastric bypass in the state of Delaware. Dr. Irgau has personally performed over 2,000 bariatric procedures with excellent results. He and his associate Dr. Wynn started and established the Bariatric Surgery Program in two of Delaware’s leading medical centers – Christiana Hospital and St. Francis Hospital. With the addition of Dr. Michael Peters Jr. to CHRIAS, they eventually led the two hospitals to earn the prestigious designation of Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery.
Dr. Irgau graduated from Bristol University Medical School in England and has a double fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the American College of Surgeons. He is board certified in General Surgery with the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Irgau is author of numerous publications and academic presentations and was elected Young Surgeon of the Year by the Delaware Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in 2006.
He speaks fluently in Italian, Tigrinya and Amharic. His interests outside medicine include current affairs, cinema and soccer. A resident of Delaware for the last 16 years, he lives in Wilmington with his wife, Nazreth and their four children Absara, Delina, Medhanie and Temesghen.
Gail M. Wynn, M.D., FACS
is a board certified general surgeon with a special focus on weight loss surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery. She is cofounder of the Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery (CHRIAS) and is also the Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at St. Francis Hospital. She has performed over 2000 weight loss surgeries.
Dr. Wynn did her medical training at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where she graduated with honors. She completed her surgical training at the Medical Center of Delaware, and has authored numerous publications and academic presentations and was voted on of Delaware’s “Top Surgeons” in Delaware Today magazine in 2007 and 2009.
Dr. Wynn was born in Oakland, California and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. She is married with 3 children, Josette, Sophia, and Mia. In her spare time she enjoys time with family, playing basketball, skiing, and travelling.
Dr. Wynn thanks her family for their patience and understanding, and thanks her patients for their inspiration and trust.
Michael Peters Jr., M.D., FACS
is the Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery for Christiana Care Health System. He is a board certified general surgeon with fellowship training in advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery.
Dr. Peters received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in 1998 and completed his general surgery training at the Pinnacle Health Hospitals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 2003. He completed a clinical and research fellowship in advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery at the Michael DeBakey Surgery Center of Excellence at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 2004 and joined the Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery on completion of his fellowship.
Dr. Peters was the first surgeon in the state of Delaware to perform a sleeve gastrectomy procedure for weight loss. Along with his partners, he is committed to providing excellent surgical care and a comprehensive surgical weight loss program in a caring, compassionate environment.
