OUR PHYSICIAN
Dr. Paresh Rajajoshiwala is an advanced bariatric surgeon, specializing in the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and the adjustable LAP-BAND® procedure. Bariatric surgery constitutes the main focus of his practice. He has six years of general and advanced laparoscopic surgery experience, and three years of laparoscopic and open bariatric surgery experience. Dr. Rajajoshiwala has been Board Certified in General Surgery since 2001 and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He is an active member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS), the largest society for surgical treatment of obesity in the world.
Dr. Rajajoshiwala completed his undergraduate studies and received his Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California at Irvine. He attended Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Rajajoshiwala completed his surgical internship at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Hospital. He completed his surgical residency at The Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. Rajajoshiwala has been an integral part of a premier surgical weight loss program at Southwest General Hospital, located in San Antonio, Texas, since 2003. Over the past three years he has cared for hundreds of obesity surgery patients with a strong track record of minimal complications.