TimothySKuwadaMD
General Surgery • Charlotte, NCBariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor; Program Director Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
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Office
1350 S Kings Dr
Charlotte, NC 28207Phone+1 704-446-1255Fax+1 704-446-1276
Summary
- I am a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellowship Trained GI & Bariatric Laparoscopic surgeon. I have been practicing in Charlotte at Carolinas Medical Center since 2004. My areas of clinical expertise include a wide range of bariatric procedures, colon resections for benign and malignant disease, hernia (ventral & inguinal), anti-reflux surgery including hiatal hernia & achalasia, and gallbladder surgery. In additional to "standard" laparoscopic surgery, I have extensive experience with single incision laparoscopic techniques.
I have been the Program Director for the Bariatric Fellowship at CMC since the program's inception in 2005.
Education & Training
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2003 - 2004
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2003
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2004 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2021
IL State Medical License 2003 - 2005
WI State Medical License 1999 - 2003- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (ASMBS) American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 56 citationsRevisional bariatric surgery: perioperative morbidity is determined by type of procedureDimitrios Stefanidis, K. Malireddy, Timothy Kuwada, R. Phillips, E. Zoog
Surgical Endoscopy. 2013-08-14 - 10 citationsImpacts of Gastrojejunal Anastomotic Technique on Rates of Marginal Ulcer Formation and Anastomotic Bleeding Following Roux-en-Y Gastric BypassNaresh Sundaresan, Mariel Sullivan, B. Amy Hiticas, Benedict Y Hui, Lauren Poliakin
Obesity Surgery. 2021-05-03 - 13 citationsWhy Size Matters: an Evaluation of Gastric Pouch Size in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using CT Volumetric Analysis and its Effect on Marginal Ulceration.Sullivan A Ayuso, Jordan N Robinson, Leslie M Okorji, Kyle J Thompson, Iain H McKillop
Obesity Surgery. 2022-03-01
Press Mentions
- 2019 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 3–6 April 2019: Video AbstractsMarch 25th, 2019
Professional Memberships
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