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ACS Fellow Since 2010

William V. Rice Jr., MD FACS

Contact Information

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Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg
  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Assoc of Prog Dir in Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Hospital Based

General Surgery

Biography

Dr. Rice is a minimally invasive and robotic surgeon focusing in bariatric / weight loss surgery. He graduated West Point, attended medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle, and then entered the US Army for residency training. During 14 years of Active Duty he served as a Residency Instructor, Associate Program Director and Residency Program Director. He joined Presbyterian Medical Group in New Mexico and started a weight loss surgery program in the Albuquerque area. Dr. Rice performs gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, band removals, and revision procedures as well as basic and advanced endoscopic procedures (stenting) for the upper digestive tract. He has extensive training and experience in robotic surgery where he serves as a proctor to teach less experienced surgeons.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • biliopancreatic diversion
  • laparoscopic gastric banding
  • laparoscopic gastric bypass
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Critical Care

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • esophagus perforation
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Hernia Procedures

Minimal Access Surgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery

Hospital Appointments

Irwin Army Community Hospital

Fort Riley, KS,

Attending

07/2006—06/2008

Carl Darnall Army Med Ctr

Fort Hood, TX,

Attending

07/2008—07/2009

William Beaumont Army Med Ctr

El Paso, TX

Attending

08/2009—02/2015

William Beaumont Army Med Ctr

El Paso, TX,

Director

04/2011—01/2015

Las Palmas Medical Center

El Paso, TX,

Attending

01/2013—01/2015

William Beaumont Army Med Ctr

El Paso, TX,

Chief

05/2014—01/2015

Presbyterian (Rust Medical Center)

Rio Rancho, NM

Director

03/2015—Present

Academic Appointments

Surgical Residency, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX

Clinical Instructor

07/2009—04/2015

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

Bethesda, MD

Assistant Professor

07/2011—04/2015

Associate Program Director - Surgical Residency, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX

Other

11/2012—04/2014

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Associate Professor

07/2013—04/2015

Surgical Residency, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX

Program Director

05/2014—01/2015