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Office
800 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40536Phone+1 859-323-6346
Education & Training
Albany Medical CenterResidency, 2010 - 2015
University of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
KY State Medical License 2016 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2015 - 2016- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 23 citationsLaparoscopic Surgery for Diverticular Fistulas: Outcomes of 111 Consecutive Cases at a Single InstitutionJessica Martinolich, D Ross Croasdale, Avinash S. Bhakta, Ashar Ata, A David Chismark
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2019-05-01 - 26 citationsAnalgesic efficacy of laparoscopic-guided transverse abdominis plane block using liposomal bupivacaine in bariatric surgery.Avinash S. Bhakta, Owen S Glotzer, Ashar Ata, Marcel Tafen, Steven C. Stain
American Journal of Surgery. 2017-09-20 - 36 citationsLaparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for complicated diverticulitis is safe: review of 576 consecutive colectomiesAvinash Bhakta, Marcel Tafen, Owen S Glotzer, Jonathan J Canete, A David Chismark
Surgical Endoscopy. 2016-04-01
Press Mentions
- March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Kentucky Has the Nation’s Fourth Highest Rate of Death from Colon CancerMarch 7th, 2024
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