RodolfoJose'OviedoMDFACS, FRCS, FICS, FASMBS, DABS-FPDMBS(He/Him)

Summary

• Rodolfo J. Oviedo, MD, FACS, FRCS, FICS, FASMBS, DABS-FPDMBS graduated from medical school at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007, and from Houston Methodist General Surgery Residency Program in 2013. Dr. Oviedo completed an Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Baptist Hospital of Miami in Miami, Florida, from 2017 to 2018. During this period, he developed his skills as a robotic surgeon.
  
  He is a board-certified and fellowship-trained metabolic/bariatric and general surgeon. His areas of expertise include robotic metabolic and bariatric surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, anti-reflux surgery, and interventional bariatric endoscopy.
  
  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS), and a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery with a Focused Practice Designation in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (DABS-FPDMBS).
  
  Dr. Oviedo serves on multiple committees at ASMBS, SAGES, ICS, and TROGSS. He has written numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. He is the Deputy Editor for Journal of Robotic Surgery, and an Associate Editor for Obesity Surgery, official journal of IFSO.
  
  Dr. Oviedo is the Medical Director of Bariatric Surgical Services and Robotics Program at Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. His commitment to excellence in patient care and the education of the next generation of surgeons continues as a Clinical Professor at the University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine and as a Clinical Professor at Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is honored to serve as CEO of TROGSS - The Robotic Global Surgical Society.