Meet Dr. Jose L. Iglesias

I moved to Fort Worth and began my career as a Pediatric Surgeon at Cook Children's in 2001 after completing my training at St. Jude & Le Bonheur Children's in Memphis, TN. My wife and two children have loved growing with the city and the medical center ever since. I attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern and did my residency training there also, including Parkland and Dallas Children's Hospitals. My clinical interests have included minimally invasive surgery, and I was fortunate to be able to expand the technology and procedures during my time at Cook Children's. Other clinical interests include pectus and chest wall deformities, tumors, vascular malformations, and congenital anomalies. Currently, I'm the Medical Director of Pediatric Surgery (since 2014) and previously was Associate Medical Director as well as the Chief of Surgery.

Outside of surgery, I enjoy spending time and traveling with my family. Photography, scuba diving, skiing and performance driving are among my favorite hobbies. My son and I are Master Divers who enjoy exploring new destinations while my daughter and I enjoy perfecting our photography skills with one another.

Services

  • Abdominal/gastrointestinal issues
  • Circumcisions
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Genitourinary surgery
  • Head and neck masses
  • Neonatal surgical conditions
  • Pectus Carinatum
  • Pectus Excavatum
  • Robotic surgery, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Tumors and malignancies
  • Vascular, dialysis and feeding access

Reviews

Average rating:

4.9
Questions were addressed
4.9
4.9 (37)
Provider explained things clearly
4.9
4.9 (38)
Likelihood of recommending this provider
4.8
4.8 (38)
Trust/confidence in physicians
4.8
4.8 (38)

What our families say

  • September 21, 2025

    All staff was caring and competent

  • September 06, 2025

    We really appreciated Dr. Iglesias through out our journey at cooks. Always made sure to answer out questions and be as honest as possible with our baby [...'s] situation. He was able to avoid surgery intervention and get us home.

  • September 03, 2025

    Very efficient, clean, quick, and thorough. The doctors and nurses were so nice and answered all my questions and concerns.

  • August 27, 2025

    Dr. Iglesias and his team, they are very specific, they give us a plan to follow and his team give us clear instructions.

  • June 10, 2025

    The nurse and doctor were prompt and very kind. I also like how they included my daughter In the conversation so she felt a part of the process. The scheduling professional was also prompt and very sweet. Her name was [...]

  • June 05, 2025

    Both [...] and Dr Iglesias were thorough and listened intently. They were helpful and well educated on [...] situation.

  • May 31, 2025

    Dr. Iglesias nurse was exceptional. He is an excellent doctor.

  • May 23, 2025

    Dr Iglesias was very thorough and he explained things very thoroughly. I also would like to recognize [...] she was so sweet and helped me with scheduling my sons surgical appointment I really appreciate her.

  • May 02, 2025

    Dr Iglesias and his staff/nurse, sorry I forgot her name; very nice and respectful lady.

  • April 06, 2025

    Very good experience and we were very well attended

  • March 26, 2025

    Nothing but good experiences today, everyone was so nice.

  • March 26, 2025

    Every employee who spoke to us from the moment we parked to the moment we left were extremely nice. Everyone was so friendly.

  • March 25, 2025

    Everyone involved made this experience excellent. From the employee, that I think was off duty, that answered my question in the parking garage ,to the registration personnel, to the nurses and Dr everyone was friendly and helpful.

  • March 25, 2025

    With the lack of customer service in our world these days it was very refreshing to be at a location that genuinely seemed concerned with customer service!! Excellent work by every employee we came in contact with yesterday.

  • January 07, 2025

    Everything went extremely well! The doctor was patient, thorough, and knowledgeable on the reason for the visit. Thank you!

Publications

Publications:
  • JM Pierce, P LaCroix, K Heym, WP Bowman, L Margraf, J Iglesias, A Ray. Pleuropulmonary Blastoma: A single-center Case Series of 6 Patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 Nov;39(8):e419-e422.
  • JL Iglesias. Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery: Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy. Cook Children's Consult, Winter 2005: 5-8."
  • JL Iglesias, MD, KA Kogut, MD, E Owings, MD, SS Rothenberg, MD, KP Schropp, MD, K Georgeson, MD, TE Lobe, MD. Safety and Efficacy of Laparoscopic Fundoplication in Early Infancy. Ped Endosurg & Innov Techn, 5:379-383, 2001.
  • KW Gow, MD, JS Dome, MD, JL Iglesias, MD, WM Novick, MD, FA Hoffer, MD, AM Davidoff, MD. Itraatrial and Intracaval Wilms' Tumor. JPS 36:1869-1871, 2001.
  • JL LaNoue, MD, JL Iglesias, MD, TE Rogers, MD, L Kim, MD, Y Meng, MD, SI Myers, MD, RH Turnage, MD. Alveolar macrophage response to remote organ injury. Shock 4:261-265, 1998.
  • JL Iglesias, MD, JL LaNoue, MD, L Kim, MD, Y Meng, MD, SI Myers, MD, RH Turnage, MD. Physiologic basis of pulmonary edema during intestinal reperfusion. J Surg Research 80(2):156-63, 1998.
  • RH Turnage, MD, JK Wright, MD, JL Iglesias, MD, JL LaNoue, MD, H Nguyen, LT Kim, MD, SI Myers, MD,. Intestinal reperfusion-induced pulmonary edema is related to increased pulmonary inducible nitric oxide synthase activity. Surgery 124(2):457-463, 1998.
  • JL Iglesias, MD, RH Turnage, MD,Y Meng, MD, J Horton, PhD, SI Myers, MD. The effect of sequential injuries on splanchnic perfusion and eicosanoid release. J Surg Research 78(2):148-54, 1998.
  • JL Iglesias, MD, T Renard, MD. Diaphragmatic hernia in an 8-year old with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Ped Surgery International 13(8):553-5, 1998.
  • JL Iglesias, MD, DE Meier, MD, WR Thompson, MD. Cost analysis of laparoscopic and open fundoplication in children. Ped Endosurg & Innov Techn, 1:15-21, 1997.
  • P Rothenbach, RH Turnage, MD, JL Iglesias, MD, A Riva, L Bartula, Myers, MD. Downstream effects of splanchnic ischemia/reperfusion injury on renal function and eicosanoid release. J. of Appl. Physiology 82(2): 530-536, 1997.
  • JL Iglesias, MD, RH Turnage, MD, P Rothenbach, JL LaNoue, MD, SI Myers, MD. Thromboxane synthase inhibition reverses intestinal reperfusion (IR) induced renal hypoperfusion. Surgical Forum, XLVII:382-384, 1996.

Education

  • Medical school:
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Residency:
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Board certifications:
  • American Board of Pediatric Surgery
  • American Board of General Surgery

Affiliations

  • American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)
  • Cook Children's Physician Network
  • Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS)
  • Lilliputian Surgical Society
  • Parkland Surgical Society

Recognitions

  • Super Doctor 2014-2022 (Texas Monthly)
  • Top Doctors 2004-2021 (Fort Worth Texas Magazine)
  • Top Doctor 2017-2020, 2022 (360 West)
  • Best Doctor in America 2015-2016
  • Tarrant County Pediatric Surgery Texas Super Doctors award 2007-2015 (Fort Worth Texas Magazine)
  • Pediatric Surgery "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" 2008 (Texas Monthly)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: awarded 1992

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