Dr Ronald L. Gertsch is the Medical Director for the Premier Weight Loss Center of San Diego, Premier Hemorrhoid Clinic, Genital Warts Center, and the Premier Surgery Center. Premier Surgery Center is a state licensed and certified surgical center. Premier Surgery Center is also a Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery accredited by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The facility is centrally located to all of San Diego County. Premier Surgery Center was the first outpatient surgical facility in San Diego County and also was one of the very first surgery centers in the entire United States. The center has been doing outpatient surgery including hemorrhoids, anal, genital, rectal, colon, stomach, colonoscopy and laparoscopic procedures since the 1970’s.

Dr. Gertsch received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Brigham Young University in 1968. He received his Medical Degree from Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1972 and completed a General Surgery Residency at Wright State University in 1977. He was Chief of Surgery at Vandenberg Medical Center, USAF, in Santa Maria, CA, from 1977-79. He is licensed by the State of California as a Doctor of Medicine.