Umashankkar Kannan, M.D., M.B.A., FACS, DABOM, is a board-certified general surgeon and fellowship-trained minimally invasive bariatric surgeon. Dr. Kannan completed his residency in general surgery at BronxCare Health System, New York, NY and Fellowship training in minimally invasive bariatric surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, New York, NY. He joined NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in 2021 and has faculty appointments at both New York Medical College and Metropolitan. Dr. Kannan has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and maintains membership in various professional organizations.

Areas of Expertise

• Minimally Invasive Bariatric
• General Surgery

Education

• Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, New York, NY
• Residency: Bronx Care Health System, Bronx, NY
• M.D., Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
• M.B.A., Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Publications

• Govindarajan R, Shah A, Ravikumar S, et. al. "Lidocaine Infusion Improves the Functionality of Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring During Thyroid Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded Study." Journal of clinical medicine research, 13(4), (2021) 214-221. doi: 10.14740/jocmr4458
• Kannan U, Gupta R, Gilchrist BF, et. al. "Laparoscopic management of an internal hernia in a pregnant woman with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass." BMJ case reports, 2018(), (2018) . pii: bcr-2017-221979. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221979
• Torres-Landa S, Kannan U, Guajardo I, et. al. "Surgical management of obesity." Minerva chirurgica, 73(1), (2018) 41-54. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4733.17.07588-5
• Reddy VS, Mukerji AN, Salar-Gomceli S, et. al. "Perils in the Pelvis: Laparoscopic Management of Bilateral Pouch of Douglas Hernial Defects." The American surgeon, 82(11), (2016) 323-325.
• Neylan CJ, Kannan U, Dempsey DT, et. al. "The Surgical Management of Obesity." Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 45(4), (2016) 689-703. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2016.07.006
• Sibona A, Gollapalli V, Parithivel V, et. al. "Case Report: De Garengeot's hernia. Appendicitis within femoral hernia. Diagnosis and surgical management." International journal of surgery case reports, 27(), (2016) 162-164. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.08.042
• Kannan U, Reddy VS, Mukerji AN, et. al. "Laparoscopic vs open partial colectomy in elderly patients: Insights from the American College of Surgeons - National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database." World journal of gastroenterology, 21(45), (2015) 12843-50. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i45.12843

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Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Surgeons
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• American society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
• American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM)

Teaching Responsibilities

Dr. Kannan is involved in teaching of residents in the general surgery residency program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan and medical students from School of Medicine at New York Medical College. He devised the robotic surgery curriculum for the general surgery residents at Metropolitan.