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Dr. David Provost is a board-certified surgeon specializing in bariatric surgery. His professional interests include management of obesity and complications and weight-regain after bariatric surgery. He is Chief of the section of Bariatric and General surgery at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, Dr. Provost is passionate about educating future surgeons and their training in laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and revisions and complications. He is proud to have performed the first laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in Texas in April 1999. Dr. Provost is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the American College of Surgeons and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with family, including his wife (a former Baylor Scott & White surgeon), two children and two grandchildren. Dr. Provost also likes music and traveling. Dr. Provost is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

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 26 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Lump, Lymphadenectomy, and Sleeve 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.