Marcus M. Aquino, MD, FACS, FRCS  is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow (UK).  He has been in practice at the Texas Medical Center for the last 22 years.

As an early adopter and ardent proponent of the tension free mesh repair, he is experienced in the use of both synthetic and biological meshes where appropriate, in hernia repair.  Dr. Aquino is skilled in the care of simple groin and umbilical hernias as well as the reconstruction of complex incisional (using component separation techniques), recurrent and colostomy hernias.  Laparoscopic techniques are used often in the repair of simpler incisional hernias.

His main office and private operating suite has been relocated to the Galveston Bay area in scenic Seabrook, TX for the last 4 years. The practice has a catchment area extending well into East Texas / Beaumont, TX  and SouthWest Louisiana / Lake Charles, LA.