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Office Hours
24 hrs availability
Office hours:
Monday – Friday
8.00 am – 5:00pm
Compassionate & Expert Surgical Care
A Brevard native, born at Cape Canaveral Hospital, Dr. Dobson brings university level expertise with down-home kindness and empathy to his patients here in the Spacecoast.
Emergency Services
Dr. Dobson is available for any emergency at any time; come to Rockledge Regional Medical Center and request him by name..
Qualified Doctor
- RUSH University/Cook County Hospital General Surgery Residency
- Fellowship at Cook County Hospiital/University of Illinois Medical Center Rockledge
- Honors Program Medical Education, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Surgical Results
His technical outcomes, lymph node counts in oncologic surgeries, and management of complicated patients and situations is rated amongst the best of his peers.
Excellent Outcomes
Dr. Dobson’s patients consistently do well. From the most complex cases ranging from complicated medical problems to the simplest of procedures, Dr. Dobson’s personal interest in each and every patient is second to none.
Dr. Dobson’s EXPERTISE
- Robotic General Surgery (Robotic Cancer Surgery [colon, stomach, intestine, pancreas, espophagus, liver]), repair of complex hernias, including incisional and hiatal/paraesophageal hernias, biliary/gallbladder/liver surgery, rectal prolapse repair
- Single Incision Surgery (one small incision at belly button) – better cosmesis, faster recovery, less pain, including gallbladder, and hiatal hernia repairs
- Esophageal Surgery (cancer, functional disorders, and other diseases)
- Gastric Surgery (open and laparoscopic) surgery for cancer, functional disorders, and reconstruction/repair of bariatric complications
- Small Intestinal and Pancreatic Disease (including Pancreatico-duodenectomy [Whipple Procedure]), Laparascopic and Conventional Surgery of the Small Intestine, including Crohn’s Disease, Entero-cutaneous Fistula, etc.
- Diseases of the Colon — including open and laparascopic Total Proctocolectomy with Reconstruction (J-pouch), Laparascopic Colectomy for Benign (ie Diverticular) and Malignant (Cancerous) Processes, Colon Cancer, and Anal Cancer.
- Diseases of the Anus and Rectum — including Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancers, and Treatment of Hemorrhoids, Fistulas, Abcesses, Fissures, Pilonidal cysts, Incontinence, Leakage, Anal Cancers, Pre-cancerous Anal Conditions, Pruritis Ani, etc.
- Treatment of Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancers — using neo-adjuvant chemo and radiation therapy for cancers of the foregut (esophagus, stomach, pancreas), and neoadjuvant therapy (chemoradiation) for rectal cancers
- Treatment of Metastatic Liver Lesions — including Hepatic resection, cryoablation, and radiofrequency ablation of hepatic lesions (adenocarcinoma, carcinoid, GIST, etc).
- Vascular Access Procedures — including insertion of Mediports/Portacaths, Dialysis/Plasmapheresis Lines, Peritoneal Diaylisis catherters, etc.
- Repair of Simple and Complex Hernias — including inguinal, incisional, ventral, and complex (recurrent) hernias
- Advanced Hepatobiliary surgery — including diseases of the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and biliary system, including hepatic resections
- Treatment of Retroperitoneal and Intraabdominal tumors, including GIST, Sarcoma, Lymphomas, etc.
- Advanced laparascopic surgery, including Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, G or J tube placement, Small bowel/large bowel resection or diversion, Adrenalectomy, Nephrectomy, etc.
- Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasound for the staging of rectal cancers, and the evaluation of anal musculature.
- TAMIS (Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery) for the removal of rectal tumors and early cancers
MOST EXPERIENCED MINIMALLY INVASIVE & ROBOTIC SURGEON in the area
Dr. Dobson does all his surgeries using minimally invasive techniques, using the da Vinci Xi robot and advanced laparoscopy equipment. No other surgeon in the Spacecoast has the scope, depth, and experience of da Vinci robotic surgery. Since 2006, Dr. Dobson has been a pioneer of robotic and minimally invasive surgery and has proctored over 100 program startups from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard to small community programs throughout the United States.
if you don’t want a large open incision & you want the fastest recovery – See Dr. Dobson
Only Dr. Dobson approaches all of his surgeries in a minimally invasive fashion, either robotically or laparoscopically; if you want to get back to work and life faster, if you want to not have to deal with a large painful incision that could become infected, and if you want to recovery quickly, come see Dr. Dobson.
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