Best Docs Network Magazine 2014 Volume 2 - Edition 1 | Page 50

Best docs Network | Houston Doctor Spotlight felix spiegel, md, facs Bariatric surgeon After receiving an undergraduate degree with a double major from Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Felix Spiegel earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency training at Beth Israel Medical Center, with world-renowned surgeons, where he began to perform laparoscopic surgery. He was involved with the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed in New York in 1989 and was among the first surgeons to master this procedure. Dr. Spiegel has been in practice for over 20 years, and is certified by the American Board of Surgery and a f [