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. Allen Alvarez works with a simple guiding mission – help others live a good and healthy life. His practice is unique because he is a board certified general surgeon fellowship trained in minimally invasive surgery; he brings his advanced laparoscopic skills to bariatric surgery. Because of his extensive experience Dr. Allen Alvarez is known…
Dr. Arturo Bonilla earned his Bachelor’s degree from the St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas in 1984 with honors followed by his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, in 1989. Dr. Bonilla completed a general surgery residency at Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (1989-91) and…
Dr. Cárcamo graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1992 and completed his surgical training at University of Texas in Houston in 1997. A member of the Bexar County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association, and a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons, Dr. Cárcamo is board certified by the American…
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…
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…
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…
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…