
Highlights
Languages
- Telugu
- Hindi
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Venkata Ravindra Kakarla
About the Provider
Venkata Ravindra Kakarla, MD, FACS is an experienced board-certified general surgeon with a fellowship training in minimally invasive and Robotic Surgery. He specializes in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery involving abdomen and gastrointestinal tract for benign and malignant conditions.
His surgical back ground spanned over three continents in academic, rural and urban settings, and one of the very few to perform more than 1000 robotic surgery procedures. He published several articles in peer reviewed academic journals and presented at numerous societies in the areas of general, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
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Interpreter Services
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Locations
- Gwinnett Surgical Specialists - Lawrenceville
- 631 Professional Drive, Suite 300, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
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Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2012
- Residency: New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, General Surgery, 2011
- Residency: Henry Ford St. John Hospital, General Surgery, 2006
- Medical School: NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada Andhra Medical College, 1999
Board Certifications
- Surgery (General Surgery): American Board of Surgery, 2012
Insurance
- Aetna
- Amerigroup: Medicaid product
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS MA HMO
- CareSource Tricare
- Caresource: Marketplace Exchange product
- Caresource: Medicaid product
- Cigna
- ClearSpringHealthEONMedicareAdvantage
- Clover Medicare
- Coventry (via Aetna)
- Devoted Medicare Adv
- HealthSpring_Cigna MA
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Multiplan PHCS Beech Street
- Nomi Health
- NovaNet
- NS Health Network
- Oscar Exchange
- Peach State - Ambetter Exchange product
- Peach State: Medicaid product
- Pruitt Health
- QT
- Sonder Medicare
- TRICARE
- United Healthcare
- WellCare: Medicare product via Peach State
Ratings & Reviews
4.6 out of 5
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