Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care added bariatric surgeon Harish Kakkilaya, MD, to its staff, Tap into Camden reports.
What you should know:
1. Dr. Kakkilaya has performed more than 1,000 weight-loss surgeries with good outcomes throughout his career.
2. He earned his medical degree from Mysore Medical College and Research Institute in India. He completed a residency at New York City-based Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and at Darby, Pa.-based Mercy Catholic Medical Center. He completed his bariatric surgery fellowship at Baltimore-based Sinai Hospital.
3. Dr. Kakkilaya is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.