Edward Felix, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Clovis Community Bariatric Program Medical Director
Dr. Felix has performed more than 2,000 gastric bypasses, 97% laparoscopically and was the first surgeon in central California to use advanced minimally-invasive surgical techniques.
Dr. Felix also is an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of California, San Francisco Fresno Medical Education Program and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Bariatric Society. He has authored scientific articles published in peer reviewed journals and several chapters in surgical textbooks. Dr. Felix is an internationally known expert in laparoscopic surgery, sought after for lectures and demonstrations of advanced techniques to surgeons around the world.
He received his medical degree in 1971 from the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago, joined the National Institute of Health Cancer as a fellow and completed his surgical residency at University of Illinois, where he later was appointed assistant professor in the department of surgery. In 1980, Dr. Felix left Illinois to set up a private practice in Fresno, where he practiced from 1980 to 1990, specializing in the surgical treatment of cancer patients and soon after became a specialist in bariatric surgery.
Daniel E. Swartz, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Swartz specializes in advanced laparoscopic (minimally invasive) surgery and particularly bariatric surgery and has performed over 1,000 procedures including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric band and sleeve gastrectomy. He also performs numerous endoscopic procedures and is working to develop new endoluminal surgical procedures. He joined Dr. Felix at the Advanced Bariatric Center in 2002, where together they provide care to patients seeking permanent weight loss and a cure to their many obesity-related medical diseases.
He is an active member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He has been widely published in a number of surgical and science topics in various publications.
Dr. Swartz graduated from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal, Canada in 1994. He received a Masters of Science degree in 1998 and completed his general surgery residency at McGill in 2000. He subsequently did a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy at the University of Maryland and joined the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Diego as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery.
Carlos M. Juarez, M.D., F.A.C.S.
An early adaptor of minimally-invasive laparoscopic approaches to surgery, Dr. Juarez has been performing minimally invasive surgery as a partner with Surgical Associates of Fresno Medical Clinic, Inc., since 1996 and he founded California Bariatrics in 2004. He performs laparoscopic gastric bypasses, lap bands and laparoscopic sleeve gatrectomies.
In addition to his clinical skills and duties, he has served as Chairman of the Surgical Departments at Community Medical Centers and is an active participant in Quality Assurance Committees at Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital and Clovis Community Medical Center.
Dr. Juarez received his medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco in 1990 and completed his surgical training at the UCSF surgical program in Fresno, CA, in 1995.
Zafar Parvez, M.D.
Dr. Parvez came to the Central Valley in 1999 to practice general, bariatric and minimally invasive surgery at Clovis Community Medical Center, Community Regional Medical Center and Madera Community Hospital. He also has had several papers published on the topics of thoracic surgery and thoracic cancer.
Dr. Zafar Parvez earned his degree in 1977 from the University of Karachi in Pakistan, and worked under the direction of doctors in England and Ireland until 1982. After completing his residency in general surgery in 1988 at Fairview General Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Parvez pursued a fellowship in thoracic surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. Following his fellowship, Dr. Parvez served for a year as a thoracic staff surgeon there.
The following year, Dr. Parvez was a fellow of cardiovascular surgery at St. Vincent’s Charity Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and became an attending trauma surgeon at St. Vincent’s Level 1 trauma center upon completion of his fellowship in 1991.
In 1992, he returned to Pakistan for a year to pursue private practice in general surgery at Ziauddin Memorial Hospital in Karachi. He then served as a general surgeon at St. Jones Hospital, St. Elizabeth Hospital and Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital in New York. From 1994 to 1999, he operated a general surgery private practice at Anson County Hospital, Hamlet Hospital and Richmond County Hospital in North Carolina.
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 Camille QuilonBariatric Program Assistant |
Kathleen King-Kaze