Chair, Surgery; Director, Bariatric Surgery
Physicians Pavilion
86 Saint Felix Street
11th Floor
Brooklyn
NY
11217
Specialty:
Surgery
General Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Medical School:
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Residency:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Fellowship:
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Board Certification:
General Surgery
Medical Conditions Treated:
- Weight loss (bariatric) surgery
Treatment and Procedures:
- Bariatric surgery:
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
- General surgery
- Hernia and colorectal surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Advanced minimally invasive surgery
Public Transportation Available:
Yes
Access for the Disabled:
Yes
Languages Spoken in Office:
English
About Pratibha Vemulapalli, MD:
Board-certified in general surgery, Dr. Vemulapalli previously served as Director of Bariatric Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Director of Perioperative Services at Montefiore Bronx Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. She received her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and did her surgical residency at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she was a research fellow post-residency. She further went on to complete an advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx.
