AlvaroIvanGarciaMDFACS

Bariatric Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

General and Bariatric Robotic Surgery

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Office
2253 N university drive
Hollywood, FL 33024
Phone+1 954-251-1869

Fax+1 954-404-9457

I am board Certified Surgeon. I specialize in Robotic gastric sleeve, ventral , umbilical and inguinal hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction and complex Ventral hernia repair. I am also Colorectal trained in Minimally invasive colectomy.

General & Bariatric Surgery of South Florida | Dr. Alvaro Garcia

He is aboard certified surgeon specializing in robotic and laparoscopic procedures. Dr. Garcia is widely regarded as an expert in robotic surgery.

Orlando HealthFellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2005 - 2006
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2005
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2002
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Surgery, 2000 - 2002
Central University of VenezuelaClass of 1997
San Juan Capistrano Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Hands on Liposuction with Dr Klein

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Practice Fusion EHR, Practice Fusion, Inc., 2013
Second place award for presentation at the Meeting of the Society of Colon and rectal Surgeons 2005
Marie J. Simonian award for outstanding clinical presentation Georgetown University Hospital, 2004
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

4 citations
Evaluating the Impact of Technique and Mesh Type in Complicated Ventral Hernia Repair: A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Controlled Trial.
Grant V. Bochicchio, Alvaro Garcia, Jarrod Kaufman, Qiao Zhang, Christopher B Horn
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019-04-01
12 citations
Complex ventral hernia repair with a human acellular dermal matrix and component separation: A case series
Alvaro Garcia, Anthony Baldoni
Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2015-09-01
9 citations
Performing laparoscopic adrenalectomy safely.
Mohammed M. H. Kalan, Gregory Tillou, Aaron Kulick, Christopher S. Wilcox, Alvaro I. Garcia
Archives of Surgery. 2004-11-01

Journal Articles

Staple Hemorrhoidectomy Outcomes of the first 100 patients
Garcia AI, Surgical Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
How to do it: Safer percutaneous gastrostomy placement in patients with carcinomatosis
Garcia AI, American Surgeon, 1/1/2004
Performing laparoscopic adrenalectomy safely
Garcia AI, Archives of Surgery, 1/1/2004
Diabetic muscle infarction after kidney transplant
Garcia AI, Clinical Transplantation, 1/1/2002
Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas transplants in the Hispanic population at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Garcia AI, Revista de Cirugia de Venezuela, 1/1/2001
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Abstracts/Posters

Complex ventral hernia repair a case series
Alvaro Garcia, Abdminal wall reconstruction, Washington DC, 6/5/2012
Oncologic Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Treatment Over a Period of 14 Years Single Center Experience/ Case Matched with Open Procedures
Garcia AI, SAGES, Chicago, IL, 1/9/2006
What can Hand assisted laparoscopy can offer to experience laparoscopic Surgeons.
Garcia AI, Surgical Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
What Can Hand Assisted Laparoscopy (HALS) Offer To Experienced Laparoscopic Surgeons?
Garcia AI, SAGES, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2006
Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy. Outcome of the first 100 patients
Garcia AI, SAGES, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2006
Unusual causes of Vomiting after Gastric Bypass
Garcia AI, SAGES, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2006
Complete pathologic response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Aggressive Rectal Cancer. A single institution 13-year prospective study.
Garcia AI, Colon and Rectal Surgeons meeting, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2005
Safer percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with carcinomatosis.
Garcia AI, Marshall H, Southeastern Surgical congress, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2004
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Lectures

Course of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Orlando, FL - 1/25/2005
Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy The Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando Experience in 100 consecutive cases
1/17/2005
Practical course in Hand Assisted laparoscopic Surgery
Orlando, FL - 1/10/2005
14 year follow up of laparoscopic resection for Colon and Rectal cance
West Palm Beach, FL - 1/7/2005
Surgical management of Diverticular disease
Orlando Regional Medical Center - 1/2/2005
Carotid Endarderectomy in the high-risk patient
Washington, DC - 1/7/2004
Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy how to avoid pitfalls
Georgetown University, Washington, DC - 1/4/2004
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