Dr. Naveen Kella is a board certified urologist and founder of The Urology Place. As a part of the multidisciplinary practice, Dr. Kella is committed to a comprehensive and compassionate team approach in the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing follow-up care of every urology patient. He specializes in conditions including but not limited to: prostate cancer,…
Dr. Abbate was born and raised in Massachusetts. He attended medical school at the Mayo Clinic. After receiving his medical degree, he returned to Boston for his surgical training at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Abbate was a distinguished resident and was selected to serve as Chief of the Surgical Teaching Service for a…
Dr. Ramiro “Sonny” Cavazos is a Texas native who earned an undergraduate degree in zoology at The University of Texas at Austin and medical degree at The University of Texas at Houston. Dr. Cavazos completed his general surgery residency at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colo. He began his experience with bariatrics while completing a…
Dr. Duperier is a highly-skilled San Antonio surgeon. He has years of experience in advanced laparoscopic and robotic bariatric and foregut surgery including LAP-BAND, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, and Revision weight loss surgery procedures. Dr Duperier is also an endocrine surgeon – he is very experienced diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid.Dr. Terive Duperier has…
Richard K. Englehardt, MD, FACS is available to meet patients’ needs in general surgery as well as bariatric surgery. In addition to his general surgical training, he has completed advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery. As an advanced laparoscopic surgeon, he is able to offer his patients excellent surgical results with…
Dr. Gonzalez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and attended Central Catholic High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University. He then attended The College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University where he was awarded his Medical Degree. His residency in General Surgery was completed at Harvard University/Massachusetts…
A native of Lubbock, Texas, Dr. Michael V. “Mickey” Seger attended college at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a bachelor of arts in zoology. Upon graduation, he moved south to San Antonio to attend medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center.He completed residency training at the Texas Tech…
Born in Nebraska and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Dr. Dutta graduated from Duke University with a degree in chemistry and history. He earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1995.He completed his internship in general surgery and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch…
Dr. Michael Heckman was born in Iowa. He has been practicing orthopedic surgery and sports medicine in South Texas since 1989. Dr. Heckman earned his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1983. Dr. Heckman completed his surgical internship in general surgery at Emory University(1983-84) and his residency…
Dr. Richard T. Steffen received his medical training from the University of Miami’s School of Medicine in Miami, Florida and performed his residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland, AFB in San Antonio, Texas.His post graduate medical experience includes: General Surgery Internship at Keesler AFB in Mississippi, USAF Flight Surgeon at McConnell AFB in…