Meet Our Surgeons: Getting To Know South Tampa’s Top Reflux Specialists

Dr. Donovan Tapper is the newest addition to our team. He officially joined the ranks in 2016 after serving for 13 years in the Air Force as an active duty general surgeon.

During his time in the Air Force, Dr. Tapper was assigned to tours in England, Tampa, Iraq, Germany, and San Antonio. His experiences included performing surgery in war zones, as well as in humanitarian disaster areas in Africa. During his assignment in Tampa, Dr. Tapper completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Advanced GI Surgery at the University of South Florida. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the areas of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and bariatric surgery, and specializes in the laparoscopic treatment of reflux, hiatal hernia, and achalasia.

Dr. Tapper is one of the kindest men you’ll ever meet, and has considerable experience in a broad range of general surgery procedures with particular interest and training in minimally invasive abdominal surgery to include laparoscopic surgery of the abdominal wall, gallbladder, stomach, colon, and spleen.

Not all surgeons are created equal, and we won the lottery by having Dr. Tapper on staff at Tampa Bay Reflux Center.