Lake Murray

Dr. Lourdes Pelaez-Echevarria is a board-certified general surgeon, serving the New Port Richey and Trinity, Florida areas for BayCare Medical Group. She completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Dr. Pelaez-Echevarria continued her medical education by completing a general and vascular residency at Rowan University in Stratford, New Jersey, followed by a minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Baptist Health System/HealthSouth Doctors Hospital in Miami, Florida. Dr. Pelaez-Echevarria takes her job seriously and realizes that she has an awesome responsibility to all her patients.

Putting their needs first lays the foundation for everything else to fall into place. She is an accomplished and responsible general surgeon who specializes in robotic, breast, colon and rectal surgery and minimally invasive bariatric surgery. Dr. Pelaez-Echevarria recognizes that every patient is different and not every body follows the rules. She relies on her great interpersonal skills and abilities to provide excellent surgical care. As a general surgeon, she can cut out cancers, remove infected/broken organs, mend bowels and fix hernias, often using a surgical robot.

Dr. Pelaez-Echevarria performs bariatric services which include gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, speaks Spanish and affiliated with Morton Plant North Bay Hospital.