Dr. Neil R. Floch graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with Magna cum Laude honors. He performed research at Boston University School of Medicine Department of Vascular Surgery and received his degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed five years of surgical residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, where he was the chief resident in surgery.

Dr. Floch performed a one-year fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic with the pioneer of laparoscopic heartburn surgery, Dr. Ronald A. Hinder. He received advanced laparoscopic training in all aspects of abdominal surgery. He has published over 20 journal articles and two book chapters. He obtained the title of Associate attending at St. Luke's Hospital, New York and maintains surgical privileges at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Floch was trained in laparoscopic bariatric surgery by Dr. Raul Rosenthal at The Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida. He has attended multiple laparoscopic training courses including the Mount Sinai Bariatric Course in N.Y.C. He has been trained and supervised by Dr. George Fielding, a pioneer in the Lap-Band® procedure, and is a choice provider of the Inamed company for placement of the Lap-Band® and the Vanguard Band®. Currently, Dr. Neil Floch is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of The Society of American Gastroendoscopic Surgeons and The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. He is certified by the American Board of Surgeons and licensed in New York, Connecticut and Florida.

Dr. Floch is the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at Norwalk Hospital. He personally designed and instituted the first two advanced minimally invasive operating rooms in Fairfield County. He is an expert lecturer on the laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, laparoscopic bariatric surgery, laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair and reoperative Nissen fundoplication.