Richard Englehardt, MD FACS

Richard K. Englehardt, MD, is available to meet patients’ needs in general surgery as well as bariatric surgery. Dr. Englehardt is a highly regarded national expert in both bariatric surgery and surgery for the treatment of acid reflux. Dr. Englehardt is an expert in both laparoscopic and minimally invasive robotic surgery techniques. He serves as a consultant and proctor for many of the largest industry leading surgical companies, where he frequently trains and instructs practicing surgeons on the best techniques and surgical practices. Dr. Englehardt is also the Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director for the fellowship program at BMI of Texas. In this capacity he takes surgeons who have already completed their residencies in General Surgery and teaches them advanced techniques for performing bariatric surgery and minimally invasive general surgery. In addition to his general surgical training, he has completed advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. As an advanced laparoscopic surgeon, he is able to offer his patients excellent surgical results with less pain and healing times as compared to the traditional open surgical methods. He is also well versed in open surgical techniques should the need arise. Dr. Englehardt specializes in weight loss surgery and has extensive knowledge on the surgical treatment of obesity. He offers patients a wide variety of surgical weight loss options, including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, SADI and duodenal switch, revisional bariatric surgery and adjustable gastric banding. He also performs a wide variety of minimally invasive general surgeries. In addition to performing laparoscopic weight loss surgeries, he also specializes in complex abdominal operations utilizing laparoscopy to treat diseases of the stomach, intestines, gallbladder, pancreas, colon, adrenal glands, liver, spleen, and hernia surgery. He is also trained in advanced therapeutic endoscopy techniques for the treatment of bariatric surgery where he is able to offer some treatments that do not require surgical incisions. Dr. Englehardt actively participates in advancing the field of surgical knowledge and research. He has been the principal investigator of many clinical research trials to advance the fields of bariatric surgery and reflux surgery. He has had his research published extensively in peer reviewed journals in this area and is considered a national key opinion leader in the treatment of GERD for patients who have had previous bariatric surgery. Dr. Englehardt is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and additionally has a certified Focused Practice Designation in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery through the American Board of Surgery. He has been recognized by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as having successfully completed advanced fellowship training in bariatric surgery through a fully accredited fellowship program. He was born in Provo, Utah, and earned an Honors Bachelors of Arts degree in biology from The University of Utah. He was awarded his MD from the medical school at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. He completed his general surgical residency training at Providence Hospital and Medical Centers in Southfield, Michigan. Following his residency training, Dr. Englehardt moved to San Antonio where he completed an advanced surgical fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery with Dr. Terive Duperier and Dr. Michael Seger in conjunction with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Englehardt is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American Foregut Society, Texas Medical Association, Bexar County Medical Association, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, and the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association. Dr. Englehardt speaks fluent English and Spanish and is available to offer surgical consultations in both English and Spanish as the needed.