Best Diaphragmatic and Hiatal Hernia Doctors in Miami, FL

David A. Motola, M.D., is a board-certified general surgeon at Baptist Health. He is trained to manage a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting most areas of the body. He has expertise in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery and performs robotic surgery to address abdominal wall hernias, hiatal hernias, gallbladder disease and other foregut issues. His clinical interests include both medical and surgical weight loss.After earning his medical degree at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., Dr. Motola completed a five-year general surgery residency and a bariatric surgery fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center. During his fellowship, he was a general surgeon at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital and Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.Dr. Motola is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has conducted research in his specialty, published his work in medical journals and presented at national symposiums. Dr. Motola believes that health is much more than lab values and diagnostic images. He addresses a patient's health from a holistic standpoint physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. He meets his patients where they are and treats them as if they were a loved one.Dr. Motola is fluent in English and Spanish. When he is not in the clinic or operating room, he spends his time in the gym maintaining his fitness, in the garden tending to his plants and in his study building Legos. He also enjoys traveling and culinary pursuits.

Dr. Jorge Rabaza, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in South Miami, FL. He is 66 years old and has been practicing for 39 years. Dr. Jorge Rabaza, MD is affiliated with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Baptist Health, Mariners Hospital, South Miami Hospital and Baptist Hospital of Miami.

Wilmer Mata, M.D., is a general surgeon who treats a broad range of conditions that commonly require surgery, including appendicitis, hernias and gallbladder, stomach and intestinal issues. He has unique training and expertise in minimally invasive surgical procedures that result in reduced pain and faster recovery times for patients. Dr. Mata has conducted clinical research on robotic surgery techniques and has published his findings in peer-reviewed medical journals.

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Soni Chousleb, M.D., is a general surgeon and a member of Baptist Health Medical Group, an organization of more than 180 physicians in multiple specialties closely aligned with Baptist Health South Florida. He specializes in surgery with an interest in minimally invasive and robotic procedures. Dr. Chousleb received his medical degree from Anahuac University School of Medicine in Mexico City. He was a research fellow at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple School of Medicine, in Pittsburgh, and then completed a general surgery residency at New York Hospital Queens, Weill Cornell Medical College, in Flushing, N.Y. Following his residency, Dr. Chousleb completed a clinical fellowship in minimally invasive thoracic and foregut surgery at Boston Medical Center. He is Board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, and has performed research on microsurgery and laparoscopic surgery, critical ischemia of the lower limbs and gastric bypass complications. He is an associate professor at Florida International University's Wertheim School of Medicine and is fluent in English and Spanish.

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