Location - Dallas

True Results of Dallas

Address:
610 North Coit Rd. Suite 2120
Richardson, TX 75080
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Administrator: Karla Tacey
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Physicians

Richard Benavides, M.D.

Dr. Richard Benavides is a general surgeon specializing in Lap-Band surgery, performing more than 50 Lap-Band procedures each month. He was born and raised in the San Antonio area and has four children.

Dr. Benavides has practiced in a variety of settings in Texas and Alabama, including five years at Lyster Army Hospital from 1986 to 1991. Currently he practices at the True Results of Dallas, Richardson, Texas, and at College Station Medical Center, College Station, Texas.

Educational Background

Schools - Attended elementary, junior high, and high school in San Antonio, Texas. 1973 graduate of Jefferson High School.

College - Attended Virginia Military Institute from 1973 to 1977 on an ROTC scholarship. Graduated with honors in 1977, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

Medical - Attended University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas from 1977 to 1981. Internship/Residency - General Surgical Internship and Residency at Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, 1981to1986.

Licensure and Certification
Medical License, Texas (1981)
Medical License, Alabama (1987)
Board Certified in General Surgery (1988)

Frank Felts, M.D.

Dr. Frank Felts completed the undergraduate and medical program at Texas A & M University in 1983. Following graduation he began a five-year general surgery program at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas.

He began in private practice as a general surgeon in 1988 in Jacksonville, Texas. Dr. Felts has performed a wide variety of general surgical procedures during his years in practice, but found a high level of personal satisfaction performing laparoscopy and advanced laparoscopic procedure. During his many years in practice, he noticed the association of obesity and other several medical conditions. He also recognized the struggle that most overweight people endure to lose weight and to maintain their weight loss. Dr. Felts was interested in finding a safe and effective solution to the ever-growing problem and began investigating all the procedures available.

As the LAP-BAND System procedure became more and more accepted here in the United States, and the safety and effectiveness were continually proven, his interest in the procedure grew. As a colleague of Richard Benavides, M.D., one of the nation's more experienced LAP-BAND surgeons, Dr. Felts took the next step and contacted Dr. Benavides regarding the program and procedure at the American Institute of Gastric Banding (AIGB). With his extensive laparoscopic experience and skill, Dr. Felts is excited this new opportunity to transition his practice solely to the LAP-BAND System procedure.

Louis Fox, M.D.

Louis Fox, M.D., born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Maryland. After finishing his general residency at the Wayne State University/Detroit General Hospital in 1980 he moved to the Dallas area, where he completed a Fellowship in Peripheral Vascular Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

Dr. Fox is currently a member of the following medical societies and professional organizations.

• American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (ASBS)
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS)
• American Board of Surgery/Board-Certified
• American Society of General Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Fellow (F.A.C.S)
• Dallas County Medical Society
• General Surgery Association of North Texas (GSANT)
• North Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• Southwest Surgical Association
• Texas Medical Association

John Marsden, M.D.

Born
Mineral Wells, TX

Education
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth, TX
Graduated 1978 with
Highest Honors

University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Graduated 1982
Degree - Doctor of Medicine

Externships
1981 - Emergency/Trauma
John Peter Smith Hospital Fort Worth, TX

1982 - General Surgery
Baylor Medical Center Dallas, TX

1983 - Internal Medicine
Brackenridge Hospital Austin, TX

Internship
1982 - 1983 General Surgery
Texas A & M University, Scott & White Hospital
Temple, TX

Residency
1983 - 1987 General Surgery
Texas A & M University, Scott & White Hospital
Temple, TX
Chief Resident 1986 - 1987

Fellowship
1988 - 1989 Cardiovascular Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Licensure
State of Texas, by exam
February 1983

Certification
1989 Diplomate, AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY
1999 Recertified

Practice Experience
1989 - Present Active - General, Vascular & Laparoscopic Surgery, Lewisville, TX

Professional Society Memberships
1978 - Present Phi Beta Pi National Medical Fraternity
1982 - Present American Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
1990 - Present Denton County Medical Society
1990 - Present Fellow, Intern'l College of Surgeons
1991 - Present Michael E. DeBakey Intern'l Surgical Society
1992 - Present Southwestern Surgical Congress
1989 - 1993 Associate, American College of Surgeons
1993 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Laparoscopic Training
Harris Methodist Hospital
Fort Worth, TX 1990

Advanced Laparoscopic Training
Marietta, GA 1994

Inamed Health-Sponsored Training Program
Laparoscopic Placement of the BioEnterics Lap-Band
Adjustable Gastric Banding System
New Orleans, LA 2004