About Dr. Rupa Seetharamaiah, Weight Loss Surgeon

Dr. Rupa Seetharamaiah is a board-certified general surgeon and a member of the Baptist Hospital of Miami in Florida, USA. She specializes in weight-loss surgery and has extensive training in robotic and laparoscopic surgery for minimally invasive and bariatric procedures. She received her medical degree from the University of Mysore in Mysore, India, and completed her residency at the University of Mississippi.

She also completed a fellowship in the Advanced Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery program at Baptist Health. She is an assistant professor of surgery at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.  She has received excellent ratings from her patients for her thoroughness, ability to answer questions, and clarity of instructions. She accepts various insurance plans, including Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross, and United Healthcare.

As a dedicated professional, I hold memberships with esteemed organizations including the American Board of Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the Florida State Medical Association, and the James D. Hardy Society. Additionally, I am honored to serve as an assistant professor of surgery at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

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Speciality In

General Surgery
Surgeons repair or remove tissue that has become damaged or diseased. General surgeons focus on organs within the abdominal cavity, including the stomach and colon. Many surgeons specialize in specific conditions or areas of the body. For example, vascular surgeons treat problems arising in the blood vessels, cardiac surgeons perform open surgeries on the heart, orthopedic surgeons treat the joints and bones, and neurosurgeons treat brain and spinal cord diseases.

Subspeciality

• General Surgery