AugmentationCystoplasty near Venice, FL

Biography: Lourdes T Santiago, M.D. received her medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and completed her internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of South Florida. Dr. Santiago also completed both a fellowship and research fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of South Florida. An advocate for education, Dr. Santiago gives regular presentations on the topics of colon and rectal cancers, including education reaching the Spanish-speaking population. Dr. Santiago is a proud Veteran, having served as a Major in the United States Army.

Care Philosophy: Ajay Patel MD is a board certified general surgeon vascular surgeon and bariatric medicine physician who has been in practice since 1999 He was valedictorian of his class at Brandon Senior High School in Brandon Fla and earned his Bachelor of Science degree with honors at the University of Miami in Coral Gables He graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine and then undertook his general surgery residency at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville S C where he earned the Joseph C McAlhany Award for Resident of the Year three consecutive years and completed his tenure as Academic Chief Resident He next completed advanced fellowship training in vascular surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis Dr Patel s special clinical interests include minimally invasive endovascular surgery peripheral vascular angiography wound care arterio venous fistulas and grafts and the surgical correction of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Care Philosophy: Michael McDonald MD is a board certified urologist with advanced training in state of the art da Vinci robotic surgery and other minimally invasive techniques He specializes in treating patients with kidney disorders including kidney stones obstructions and cancers and has performed hundreds of laparoscopic and robotic surgeries to address these conditions Other specialties include treatments for enlarged prostate BPH urinary incontinence erectile dysfunction prostate cancer and bladder cancer Dr McDonald has nearly 20 years of experience to his name and is known as one of Central Florida s finest urologists He earned his medical degree and completed his residency training at the University of Ottawa in Canada and completed an advanced fellowship in endourology at the University of California in San Francisco

Care Philosophy: Addressing the needs of the patient and their family in their time of need.

Care Philosophy: Keep the patient at the core of our decisions and actions.

Care Philosophy: My goal is to care for each patient as I would care for my family or friends, to provide the best possible healthcare honestly and practically.

Care Philosophy: Perumalswamy Rajaram, M.D., has 40 years of experience in the surgical field. He offers general and specialized surgical procedures, including vascular surgery. Dr. Rajaram is a board certified general surgeon. He received his medical degree from Madurai Medical College and has been in practice for over 40 years. Dr. Rajaram is dedicated to the Polk County community and performs procedures exclusively with AdventHealth Heart of Florida.

Care Philosophy: Putting the patient first