LaparoscopicGallbladderRemovalCholecystectomy near Hialeah, FL

Biography: Dr. Leopoldo Malvezzi, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Miami, FL. He is 62 years old. Dr. Leopoldo Malvezzi, MD is affiliated with HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and HCA Florida Mercy Hospital.

Biography: David A. Motola, M.D., is a board-certified general surgeon at Baptist Health. He is trained to manage a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting most areas of the body. He has expertise in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery and performs robotic surgery to address abdominal wall hernias, hiatal hernias, gallbladder disease and other foregut issues. His clinical interests include both medical and surgical weight loss.After earning his medical degree at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., Dr. Motola completed a five-year general surgery residency and a bariatric surgery fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center. During his fellowship, he was a general surgeon at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital and Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.Dr. Motola is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has conducted research in his specialty, published his work in medical journals and presented at national symposiums. Dr. Motola believes that health is much more than lab values and diagnostic images. He addresses a patient's health from a holistic standpoint physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. He meets his patients where they are and treats them as if they were a loved one.Dr. Motola is fluent in English and Spanish. When he is not in the clinic or operating room, he spends his time in the gym maintaining his fitness, in the garden tending to his plants and in his study building Legos. He also enjoys traveling and culinary pursuits.