Kurt Eric Roberts, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal)

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Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Surgery: Gastrointestinal/General Surgery: Yale Bariatric Surgery Program | Bariatric Surgery Program

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Research Interests

Natural Orifice Transluminal Surgery (NOTES); Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS); Gallbladder surgery; Endoluminal surgery; Surgical simulation and training; General surgery education; Obesity in adults and adolescents; Laparoscopic trauma and emergency surgery; Surgical outcomes

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Clinical Interests

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES); Single incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS); cholecystectomy; laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery; bariatric surgery; repair of hernias; surgery for reflux and achalasia (esophagus); colon surgery; laparoscopic trauma and emergency surgery; endoluminal therapy (a revolutionary approach to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [GERD]); surgery for pancreatitis; invisible incision appendectomy.