Dr. Muhammad A. Jawad

Eleftherios Mamounas is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Mamounas is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Mamounas is currently accepting new patients.

Juan Escalon, MD, joined Orlando Health Cancer Institute in 2015. He is a member of the Thoracic/Head and Neck Cancers Specialty Section at the Rod Taylor Thoracic Care Center.Dr. Escalon is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery, specializing in surgery for tumors of the chest, including cancers of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, and mediastinum. He also treats benign disorders of the esophagus and has expertise in minimally invasive thoracic surgery including VATS (Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery) and robotic surgery for advanced pulmonary resections and esophagectomy.Dr. Escalon earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he also performed his General Surgery residency and served as Chief Resident. In 2008, he completed his fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Yale University, where he also served as Chief Resident and Instructor.Prior to joining Orlando Health, Dr. Escalon was an attending surgeon at the William W. Backus Hospital and Hartford Hospital, part of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Alliance in Connecticut, with a practice focused on thoracic surgical oncology. He also served as a Clinical Instructor for the Department of Surgery at the University of Connecticut and was a site investigator for the implantation and use of Spiration® endobronchial valves in patients with persistent air leaks after lung surgery.Dr. Escalon has been published in Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Clinical Chemistry, and Cardiology. He co-authored a chapter in Shields textbook of General Thoracic Surgery and has made presentations at numerous meetings and conferences. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, General Thoracic Surgery Club, and International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group.Dr. Escalon is fluent in English and Spanish. Dr. Escalon is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hiatal Hernia, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Escalon is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Escalon is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Andre F. Teixeira is an expertly trained and experienced board-certified surgeon specializing in bariatric and general surgery with Orlando Health Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute. He provides expertise in numerous areas of specialized surgical care, including: Abdominal wall reconstruction Adrenalectomy Bariatric endoscopy Bariatric revision and conversion Duodenal switch Endoscopic sleeve and balloon procedures Foregut and reflux surgery Gall bladder surgery Gastric bypass Hernia repair Hiatal hernia repair Single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve (SADI-S) Sleeve gastrectomy Splenectomy Upper endoscopy Dr. Teixeira's Training Dr. Teixeira completed his undergraduate studies in biology at Augusta State University in Georgia and earned his medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. He completed his internship in general surgery at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center and his residency training at Orlando Health, serving as general surgery chief resident. He performed a bariatric and advanced minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic in Florida. About Dr. Teixeira Dr. Teixeira has been published in multiple journals including Obesity, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and The American Surgeon. He also has published several book chapters and presented at many international and national conferences on various topics relating to general surgery and bariatric surgery. Dr. Teixeira is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association Morehouse School of Medicine Chapter, and American Medical Student Association Morehouse School of Medicine Chapter. He is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English. Dr. Teixeira is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obesity, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Hiatal Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Teixeira is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Teixeira is currently accepting new patients.