Frank "Terive" Duperier, MD: One of the Most Experienced San Antonio Bariatric Surgeons
Dr. Duperier, one of a select group of highly-skilled San Antonio bariatric surgeons and considered a top Texas weight loss doctor, has years of experience in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery including REALIZE Band, Allergan LAP-BAND, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Revisional weight loss surgery procedures.
Before becoming an acclaimed Texas weight loss doctor, Dr. Terive Duperier obtained his fellowship training at the world-famous Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, receiving the highest level of surgical training available. He also completed a Mini-Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and is now part of a small group of accomplished San Antonio bariatric surgeons. His extensive experience in many advanced laparoscopic procedures includes: laparoscopic weight loss surgery, anti-reflux surgery and endocrine surgery.
A native of San Antonio, Dr. Duperier earned his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University in 1991 after graduating from Alamo Heights High School in 1987. After leaving Rhode Island, Terive moved to Ohio where he received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1996. The residency match moved Dr. Duperier to Newark, New Jersey where he completed his 5 year surgery training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ-Newark). Training under internationally-known laparoscopic surgeons, Dr. Duperier became interested in minimally invasive surgery. At the completion of residency, Dr. Duperier and his wife moved back to Ohio for dedicated Fellowship training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. At the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Duperier also became proficient in a myriad of minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopic gastric bypasses, laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal, ventral and inguinal hernias, laparoscopic splenectomy and adrenalectomy, laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for reflux (GERD), laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia as well as laparoscopic radio-frequency ablation for liver tumors. Joining San Antonio bariatric surgeons as an established Texas weight loss doctor was an obvious next step.
Dr Duperier is currently the Bariatric Medical Director of the Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio. He recently served as the Chief of Surgery at the Methodist Specialty Transplant Hospital of San Antonio.
- Bexar County Medical Association
- American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Dr. Duperier enjoys exercising, fishing and spending time with his family.
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