Dr. Glass was born in Brooklyn, NY and has lived in such places as New York, Hawaii, Wisconsin, and Texas. He graduated from college at Baylor University, earning a BA in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry. He then continued on to medical school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.

From there, he completed a surgical residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan, focusing his last portion of training on bariatric surgery. He joined Central Minnesota Surgeons and started his bariatric surgery program in St. Cloud, MN in 2003.

He is a board certified surgeon and a member of the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons.
Surgeons. He is also a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Surgical interests include bariatrics, thyroid, general surgery, trauma, breast cancer, and
advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Glass has been married since 1995 and has two children. Hobbies include music, building computers,
hiking and camping, skiing, Bible study, and spending time with his family.

Dr. Bettendorf was born and raised in St. Cloud and attended Cathedral High School . He graduated summa cum laude in 1997 from Michigan Technological University with a B.S. in Biology. He earned his M.D. at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 2002. His five-year general surgery residency was completed in 2007 in Grand Rapids, Michigan .

Dr. Bettendorf has special interest in intra-abdominal and advanced laparoscopic surgery. He performs a variety of open and laparoscopic bariatric procedures.

His hobbies include skiing, running, mountain biking, and bird and big game hunting. He and his wife Carrie are blessed with five children.