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Felix J Amarista, DDS

Assistant Professor

Dr. Felix Amarista is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and an active member of AAOMS, the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons, IAOMS, and both the Texas and Southwest Societies of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. Amarista earned his D.D.S. with honors from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) in 2011. He completed a one-year internship at Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital in Caracas before pursuing his OMFS residency at the Central Military Hospital – Nueva Granada Military University in Bogotá, Colombia, graduating in 2018. During his training, he received multiple distinctions, including “Researcher of the Year” (2016, 2017), “Best Resident of First Specialization,” and “Best OMS Resident in Latin America” by ALACIBU.

Dr. Amarista joined UT Health San Antonio in 2018 to continue his education in the U.S. and completed a U.S.-based OMFS residency in 2021. He is the recipient of the IAOMS NextGen Outstanding Young Surgeon Award and the 2022 Daniel M. Laskin Award for best manuscript in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

His clinical interests include TMJ pathology with a focus on advanced TMJ arthroscopy, minimally invasive orthognathic surgery, maxillofacial trauma, benign pathology, and complex dentoalveolar surgery, including dental implants. He is passionate about education, research, and advancing patient care through academic surgery.

His other interests include playing soccer, running, and attending CrossFit sessions, and he enjoys spending time with his daughter and wife, who is also an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.