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Dr. Joaquin Rodriguez is a board-certified physician specializing in surgery. His professional interests surgical procedures for  breast cancer, foregut, bariatric, weight loss and general surgery as well as hiatal hernia, robotic hernia repair and gastroesophageal reflux disease. A native of Texas, Dr. Rodriguez is passionate about providing compassionate care for adult patients in his community. Dr. Rodriguez is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is proud to be the first minimally invasive-trained surgeon at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple since joining the surgery department in 2000. Outside of work, Dr. Rodriguez enjoys photography. Dr. Rodriguez is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Lump, Lymphadenectomy, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

"""Dr. Hassan is a fellowship-trained minimally invasive Bariatric Surgeon. She was an Army surgeon and the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Fort Sill, OK, from 2013-2017. Dr. Hassan holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and a Master's Degree in Biological Sciences from Drexel University. She completed her residency in General Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA, in 2012 and completed a Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Her clinical areas of expertise are laparoscopic bariatric surgery and revisional bariatric surgery. She specializes in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, and she has experience with the management of duodenal switch, upper endoscopy and intragastric balloon placements surgeries. Dr. Hassan has been published in multiple peer-reviewed surgical journals and has presented her work at national meetings. She is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hassan is married and enjoys spending time with her family traveling the world and participating in CrossFit.""". Dr. Hassan is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, Short Bowel Syndrome, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Rakesh Kathpalia is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Bariatric Medicine provider in Round Rock, Texas. Dr. Kathpalia is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Orthostatic Hypotension, Low Blood Pressure, Emphysema, and Hypertension.