Meet Our Team
Baptist Hospital in Beaumont Texas Delivering Quality Care
At Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, we are performing Sacred Work every day. By helping overweight patients practice healthy habits that help them feel better, our bariatric weight loss program in Beaumont is making progress in the battle against heart disease, sleep apnea, and chronic pain. Meet our medical team below.
Alex Ordonez – MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Baptist Hospitals
Leads Southeast Texas as a specialty trained surgeon in Bariatric Surgery.
Credentials
- Board Certified, American Board of Surgery
- Fellowship Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida
- Verified Surgeon, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality & Improvement Program
- Fellow, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Certificate of Surgery, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- General Surgery Residency, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Doctor of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University- School of Medicine, Quito, Ecuador
Professional Honors
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Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- Abstract Reviewer and Bariatric Surgery Committee
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Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS)
- Abstract Reviewer for World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
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Bariatric Times
- Editorial Board
Publication Contributions
- SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery, 2nd edition
- Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery in Obesity
- USMLE ™ Step 3 White Coat Pocket Guide, General Surgery
- Many, many, more manuscripts, abstracts, and international presentations
Jennifer Hignett – BSN, RN-BC, CAPA
Director of Perioperative Services
Elayna Nunley – MS, RDN, LD
New Life Now Weight Loss Program Coordinator
Kimberly Franklin – RN, BSN
New Life Now Weight Loss Clinical Navigator and Reviewer
Blake Dennis
Special Projects Coordinator
Babette G. Aguiling – BSN RN BC
Nursing Director for Bariatric Post-Operative Care
Contact us anytime,
NewLifeNow@bhset.net, 409.651.2965, 409.212.5636
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