ColleenIKennedyMD

General Surgery • Rockwall, TX

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Office
4450 Tubbs Rd
Rockwall, TX 75032
Phone+1 214-775-1356

Fax+1 214-613-2231

Summary

Dr. Colleen Kennedy is a general surgeon in Dallas, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Rockwall, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano, and Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Dallas. She received her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and has been in practice 26 years. She completed General Surgery Residency at the Medical College of Virginia and a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida. She currently practices General and Bariatric surgery in DFW.

Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic (Florida)Fellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2003 - 2004
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2003
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1996, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
George Washington UniversityMBA
University of ConnecticutBS, Psychology , Magna cum laude

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2007 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2003 - 2015
VA State Medical License 1997 - 2014
LA State Medical License 2004 - 2007
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

DABS-FMBS ABS, 2022
Fellow ASMBS
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Advanced laparoscopic skills decrease the learning curve for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Jason A. Breaux, Colleen I. Kennedy, William S. Richardson
Surgical Endoscopy. 2007-02-16
38 citations
Surgical weight loss >65 years old: is it worth the risk?
Christopher M. Willkomm, Tammy L. Fisher, Gregory S. Barnes, Colleen I. Kennedy, Joseph A. Kuhn
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2010-09-01
37 citations
Current state of the definition and terminology related to weight recurrence after metabolic surgery: review by the POWER Task Force of the American Society for Metabo...
Saniea F Majid, Matthew J Davis, Saad Ajmal, David Podkameni, Kunoor Jain-Spangler
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2022-07-01

Professional Memberships

External Links

Kennedy Bariatricshttp://Www.kennedybariatrics.com