Pediatric Surgery

Alexander Feliz, M.D.

Dr. Feliz was born and raised in New York City. He attended college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut where he received a degree in Psychology. He obtained his medical degree at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He completed his general surgery residency at The University of South Florida in Tampa. He then went to The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to complete fellowships in Pediatric Surgical Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery. He is certified by the American board of Surgery in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care.

Dr. Feliz then joined the University of Nevada School of Medicine and served as Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery and Associate Program director for the Department of Surgery. He then moved to Memphis to join the Pediatric Surgical Group and serve as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He serves as the director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. His research interests include Health Disparities and outcomes in surgical diseases of children.

Research Interests

Health Disparities Research
Outcomes Research
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pediatric Trauma
Resident Education
Various Publications

University Appointments

Assistant Professor in Surgery and Pediatrics

Medical School

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

Residency

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL