AnorectalFistula near Gainesville, FL

Care Philosophy: At Memorial Advanced Surgery, we are committed to giving our patients the best care in a professional environment where you can openly express needs and concerns. With rigorous attention to detail and focus on the individual patient's unique goals our practice has become a trusted general and weight loss surgery practice to the Greater Jacksonville, Fla. area. Memorial Advanced Surgery offers general and weight loss surgery. We are leaders in minimally invasive and robotic procedures. Many of our procedures are done laparoscopically or with the use of the daVinci® Robot, helping patients recover and get back to their normal lives more quickly. We focus on your specific needs and individual goals and provide comprehensive follow-through and support after treatment. At Memorial Advanced Surgery, we place an emphasis on patient education, and as such, we would suggest that you do significant research and attend one of our seminars on the various procedures, their benefits and risks.

Care Philosophy: Rhonda Harmon MD FACS is a board certified general surgeon with AdventHealth Medical Group s specialized surgery team in Orlando She is one of Central Florida s leading providers of surgical interventions for skin and breast cancer with special interests and expertise in oncoplastic breast surgery and treatments for melanoma and subcutaneous lesions A respected researcher and international presenter Dr Harmon currently serves as Director of Research for the AdventHealth Surgical Residency Program and is on the faculty of both the UCF College of Medicine and Florida State University A graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina she completed her internship and residency in general surgery at Washington Hospital Center in the nation s capital where she culminated her tenure as Chief Resident

Care Philosophy: Jonah White, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon with advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. He earned his medical degree at Tulane University and completed his residency at AdventHealth in Orlando, where he earned the Outstanding Minimally Invasive Surgery Resident Award and Joseph Portoghese Resident of the Year Award. He most recently completed his fellowship training with Prisma Health in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. White specializes in advanced hernia surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, upper gastrointestinal surgery, and broad-based general surgery using a variety of advanced laparoscopic and robotic techniques.

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

Care Philosophy: Our practice began in 1967 when Dr. Henry J. Babers and Dr. Charles E. Lore formed a surgical team. This team approach prevails today as our team of eight surgeons provides care for the greater Gainesville and North Central Florida area. Take comfort in knowing that our doctors will spend whatever time is necessary to provide you with state of the art surgical care.

Care Philosophy: Certified by the American Board of Surgery, we are committed to providing the very best care to our patients.

Biography: Dr. Erika Van Doorn is a board certified General and Critical Care Surgeon. She?comes to us from Texas after living there for 14 years.??She completed her general surgery residency and Surgical Critical care fellowship in Houston at Baylor College of Medicine. After her training, she worked at several facilities in Texas with Envision but her primary site of work was at Medical city Plano, in Plano Texas (Level 1 trauma center). ?In 2019 she moved to Florida where has worked at HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital. Since 2013, she has been busy working in level 1 and level 2 trauma centers as trauma, acute care and surgical critical care surgeon.??She also worked closely with the trauma director and coordinators to help with the level 1 designation at Medical City Plano.?In September of 2020 she took the role of trauma Medical Director at HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital where she was able to stabilize the program and successfully passed American College of Medicine level 2 consultative visit.

Care Philosophy: Dr. Heizmann is committed to providing patients surgical excellence and individualized attention throughout all stages of surgery.

Care Philosophy: Jason Smith, DO, joined AdventHealth Medical Group's surgical group in Lake County from Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills, MI, where he completed his general surgery residency. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Smith provides surgical consultations in his office in Tavares and operates at AdventHealth Waterman