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GENERAL SURGERY • BREAST CANCER SUGERY • BARIATRIC SURGERY HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY • VASCULAR SURGERY • WOUND CARE
Since 1982, South Mississippi Surgeons has been the leading providers of surgical treatment for the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the surrounding areas. As a multi-specialty practice including General Surgery, Weight Loss & Metabolic Surgery, Breast Cancer Surgery, Hernia Repair, Vascular Surgery and Wound Care, we are committed to providing the highest quality surgical care to our patients. Our physicians, with their depth of clinical experience, combine time-honored open surgical techniques with state- of-the-art minimally invasive and robot-assisted techniques to facilitate patient care at a level focused on generating the greatest outcomes. We have 4 convenient locations spanning the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from Pascagoula to Biloxi.
WILLIAM “PETE” AVARA III, M.D.
GENERAL SURGERY, BARIATRIC & METABOLIC SURGERY
Dr. Pete Avara is a Board-Certi ed General
Surgeon, President of the Mississippi Coastal Trauma
Region, Director of Trauma Services at Singing
River Hospital and Chairman of the Mississippi
Department of the Health Trauma Advisory Board.
He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi
School of Medicine, and he completed his residency
in General Surgery at the University Hospital
in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Avara has received
specialized training in the surgical treatment of
obesity that includes completing a mini-fellowship in
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. He is credentialed to
perform Bariatric Surgery with the Adjustable Gastric
Banding, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and the Vertical
Sleeve Gastrectomy (Gastric Sleeve) Procedures.
Dr. Avara has practiced General Surgery in his community since 1987 and has performed over 3,000 Bariatric procedures. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). As a top Bariatric Surgeon in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area, Dr. William Avara is involved in all aspects of our bariatric program and patient care. This attention to detail, just as much as his superb training, has allowed him to compile an excellent reputation and record of success.
JOHN BAILEY, M.D.
GENERAL SURGERY, BREAST CANCER SURGERY
Dr. Bailey is a Board
Certi ed General
Surgeon. He Joined South
Mississippi Surgeons in
1996. After attending
Rhodes College on a
Cambridge Scholarship
and graduating from the
University of Alabama
School of Medicine he
performed his internship
and residency in general
surgery at the University of
Alabama Medical Center.
Dr. Bailey serves as Director of the Singing River Hospital Vascular Lab. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and was named Young Surgeon of the Year in 2000 by the MS Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
He is certi ed in Breast Ultrasound and Stereotactic Breast Procedures by the American Society of Breast Surgeons, and serves as Medical Director of South Mississippi Breast Center.