{"id":277612,"date":"2026-03-31T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/dennis-larock-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:12:12","slug":"dennis-larock-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/dennis-larock-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dennis LaRock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>El Dr. Dennis LaRock es el vicepresidente ejecutivo y director m\u00e9dico de Southcoast Health, a partir del 1 de marzo de 2024. Este cargo es el m\u00e1s alto dirigente m\u00e9dico de Southcoast Health, responsable de garantizar los m\u00e1s altos niveles de atenci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica de calidad en todo el sistema.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tiene m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os de experiencia cl\u00ednica en Southcoast Health y una amplia experiencia en cirug\u00eda laparosc\u00f3pica y rob\u00f3tica. El Dr. LaRock fue el primer cirujano en realizar cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica en Southcoast Health en 2008. La cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica es ahora el est\u00e1ndar de atenci\u00f3n para muchos procedimientos quir\u00fargicos a trav\u00e9s de una serie de especialidades quir\u00fargicas. A lo largo de su carrera, ha introducido una serie de nuevos procedimientos urol\u00f3gicos en la zona de Greater Fall River, adem\u00e1s de la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica, incluida la braquiterapia de pr\u00f3stata, y ha realizado investigaciones sobre la ablaci\u00f3n crioquir\u00fargica para el c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata.\n<\/p>\n<p>El Dr. LaRock fue nombrado M\u00e9dico Jefe de Servicios Quir\u00fargicos en 2022, y permanecer\u00e1 en este puesto en el futuro inmediato mientras eval\u00faa la nueva estructura de M\u00e9dicos Jefes que depender\u00e1n de \u00e9l.\n<\/p>\n<p>Como M\u00e9dico Jefe de Servicios Quir\u00fargicos, el Dr. LaRock supervisa los departamentos quir\u00fargicos de Urolog\u00eda, Cirug\u00eda Tor\u00e1cica, Pl\u00e1stica, Ortopedia, Cirug\u00eda General, Traumatolog\u00eda, Otorrinolaringolog\u00eda, Obstetricia y Ginecolog\u00eda, y el Brain &amp; Spine Center. Mantendr\u00e1 estas responsabilidades adem\u00e1s de sus funciones como Co-Jefe de Urolog\u00eda y Jefe de Cirug\u00eda Rob\u00f3tica en Southcoast Health.\n<\/p>\n<p>El Dr. LaRock se convirti\u00f3 en miembro del personal m\u00e9dico de Southcoast Hospitals Group (SHG) en 1998 y su consulta privada se uni\u00f3 a Southcoast Physician Group (SPG) en 2012.\n<\/p>\n<p>Realiz\u00f3 sus estudios universitarios y de medicina en la Universidad de Boston y complet\u00f3 su residencia quir\u00fargica en Urolog\u00eda en el Tufts New England Medical Center. Posteriormente, pas\u00f3 a ser profesor adjunto en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Tufts, donde ha recibido varios premios a la \"Excelencia en la ense\u00f1anza\".\n<\/p>\n<p>El Dr. LaRock est\u00e1 certificado en urolog\u00eda pedi\u00e1trica y de adultos y es diplom\u00e1tico de la Junta Americana de Urolog\u00eda. Es miembro de la American Urological Association y de la Massachusetts Association of Practicing Urologists. Actualmente atiende a pacientes en las consultas externas de Southcoast Health en Fairhaven y Fall River, y realiza casos quir\u00fargicos en nuestras instalaciones de SHG.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287510,"template":"","specialty":[154],"language":[],"keywords":[162,422,171,183,173,158,159,165,178,164,177,423,155,172,182,156,168,160,161,167,166,157,163,169,180,174,170],"address":[676,153],"class_list":["post-277612","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-urology","keywords-cystoscopy","keywords-enlarged-prostate","keywords-erectile-dysfunction","keywords-green-light-xps-laser","keywords-imrt-for-prostate-cancer","keywords-kidney","keywords-kidney-stones","keywords-kidney-surgery","keywords-kidney-tumor","keywords-nephrectomy","keywords-perineal-surgery","keywords-prolapsed-treatment","keywords-prostate","keywords-prostate-biopsy","keywords-prostate-brachytherapy","keywords-prostate-cancer","keywords-radical-prostatectomy","keywords-renal","keywords-renal-stones","keywords-robotic-surgery","keywords-stent","keywords-stones","keywords-turp","keywords-urinary-incontinence","keywords-urolithiasis","keywords-vasectomy","keywords-womens-incontinence","addresses-80_286","addresses-80_97"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dennis LaRock MD - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/dennis-larock-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dennis LaRock MD - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Dennis LaRock is the Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Officer at Southcoast Health, effective March 1, 2024. 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