Rodolfo Oviedo, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Primary Practice/Public Information

Primary Practice Name	Houston Methodist Department of Surgery
Primary Practice Street Address (1)	6550 Fannin St
Primary Practice Street Address (2)	SM1501
Primary Practice City	Houston
Primary Practice State/Province	TX
Primary Practice ZIP/Postal Code	77030
Primary Practice Country	USA
Primary Practice Phone Number	713.441.5141
Primary Practice Web Site	https://www.houstonmethodist.org/doctor/rodolfo-j-oviedo/?inm=vfad
Surgical Specialties	Colon & Rectal, Hernia, Esophagus / Stomach, Bariatric / Weight Loss Surgery, Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas, Endoscopy, General Surgery
Practice Description	Rodolfo J. Oviedo, MD, FACS, FASMBS graduated from medical school at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007, and from Houston Methodist General Surgery Residency Program in 2013. He then joined Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, Florida, as Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, where he worked as a minimally-invasive general and bariatric surgeon from 2013 to 2017. During this period he developed his skills as a robotic surgeon. Dr. Oviedo then decided to pursue an Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Baptist Hospital of Miami in Miami, Florida, from 2017 to 2018. He took a position as a metabolic and bariatric surgeon in Winchester, Virginia, where he built a successful robotic bariatric and complex abdominal wall reconstruction program from 2018 to 2020. He is a board-certified and fellowship-trained metabolic and bariatric surgeon, robotic advanced gastrointestinal surgeon, and flexible endoscopic surgeon. His areas of expertise include robotic primary and revisional metabolic and bariatric surgery, robotic complex abdominal wall reconstruction, robotic anti-reflux/foregut surgery, flexible endoscopic surgery, and interventional bariatric endoscopy. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS). Dr. Oviedo is certified to perform Interventional Bariatric Endoscopy. He is certified in FUSE, FES, and FLS, and serves on multiple committees at ACS, ASMBS, and SAGES. Dr. Oviedo has written numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. After working at Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio, Texas, he proudly joined Houston Methodist in 2020. He currently serves as Director of Robotic General Surgery at Houston Methodist, Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Adjunct Associate Professor at Texas A&M University College of Medicine, and Associate Clinical Member at Houston Methodist Research Institute. Dr. Oviedo is the Director of Robotic Education at the Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIE). He has been appointed as an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, in 2022.
Primary Practice Address	Houston Methodist Department of Surgery 6550 Fannin St, SM1501 Houston, TX 77030, USA