About the Director

Dennis D. Wilcox, M.D. is the Medical Director and founder of The Heartburn Center of San Diego. He grew up in La Mesa, California, the son of a family physician who practiced there for 40 years.

He received his medical degree in 1976 and did postgraduate training at Loma Linda University and The University of Southern California at Los Angeles. He went on to surgical training at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Connecticut, an affiliate of the Yale University School of Medicine and New York Medical College.

He is a highly trained general surgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery of the esophagus and stomach. He has trained in advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Houston Laser Institute, the University of Southern California at Los Angeles and at Clinique St. Joseph in Liege, Belgium.

Current Hospital Affiliations and Community Positions

Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
6655 Alvarado Road
San Diego, Ca 92120
(619) 287-3270
Active Staff Status / Chief of Surgery 1998 - 1999

Grossmont Hospital
P.O. Box 158
La Mesa, Ca 91944
(619) 465-0711
Courtesy Staff Status

Villa View Community Hospital
5550 University Avenue
San Diego, Ca 92115
(619) 582-3516
Active Staff Status

1998 / 1999 Treasurer, San Diego County Medical Society

1998 Elected Member, Board of Directors, Grossmont Healthcare District

Laparoscopic Surgical Training

Dr. Dennis Wilcox is the medical director of The Heartburn Center of San Diego. He is a highly trained general surgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery of the esophagus and stomach. He has trained in advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Houston Laser Institute (1990), The University of Southern California at Los Angeles (Advanced Laparoscopic Laser Surgery, 1992), and at Clinique St. Joseph in Liege Belgium (1992) where the laparoscopic guided Nissen Fundoplication was invented. Also, in 1990, Dr. Wilcox taught Laparoscopic Surgery at Nova Progressive Laser Institute. He has been an instructor in advanced surgical techniques in many hospitals throughout Southern California.

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Curriculum Vitae