Dr. Thomas Purgett received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his Medical Degree for the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. He completed a surgical internship and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Parkland Hospital in Dallas. After completion of his surgical training he joined Surgical Associates of the Mid-Cities in 1991.

Dr. Purgett is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Southwestern Surgical Congress. He serves on the Medical Executive Committee at Baylor Medical Center Grapevine and has been Chief of Surgery at that hospital since 1996.

Areas of interest in general surgery include endocrine surgery and advanced laparoscopic procedures, including inguinal hernia repair and fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease.