Dr. Venkata Subramanian Kanthimathinathan (Dr. Venkat) is a board certified General/bariatric/laparoscopic surgeon practicing at Sacred heart hospital in Allentown, PA. He received his medical degree from JSSMedicalCollege, Mysore, India. He completed his general surgery residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California and a minimally invasive surgery/bariatric surgery fellowship at University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, Missouri. He performs general surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery including appendix, gallbladder, bowel resection, colon (all types of colectomies) and acid reflux surgery. He is skilled in laparoscopic hernia repairs including inguinal, ventral and hiatal hernia. He is fellowship trained in minimally invasive bariatric surgery including gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding and revisional bariatric surgery. He is a member of American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic surgery (SAGES), Society of Laparo endoscopic Surgery (SLS), American Medical Association (AMA), American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders (IFSO). He has given various presentations at national and international surgical conferences and has published peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He actively teaches medical students and family medicine residents at Sacred Heart HealthCare System.
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