Division of General Surgery

The Division of General Surgery offers state-of-the-art endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical approaches to gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, including robotic-assisted procedures for general surgery. The Division also offers the LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding procedure and laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery performed by Dr. Lisa Martin Hawver.  For more information, please visit the UC Center for Surgical Weight Loss website.

Focus is on the surgical management of a wide variety of disorders including general surgery, benign and malignant gastric abnormalities, swallowing disorders (such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and achalasia), gallstones, abdominal wall hernias, diseases of the endocrine glands, inflammatory bowel diseases, diverticulitis, and colon cancer.

Cincinnati: Surgery by Top Cincinnati Surgeons

Dr. Prakash Gatta specializes in minimally invasive surgery of the gastrointestinal tract with a particular interest in anti-reflux procedures, treatment of dysphagia, gastric and esophageal cancer. Dr. David Fischer has special expertise in advanced laparoscopic, bariatric, and endocrine surgery as well as benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands and pancreas.  Dr. Tim Broderick practices general, advanced laparoscopic and robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery in addition to extensive research in telemedicine, surgical simulation and other surgical innovations.  Dr. Tom Husted practices general and laparoscopic surgery, minimally invasive gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery, and gallbladder surgery.

The UC Department of Surgery offers the CME-accredited Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) course to train and evaluate surgical residents, fellows and attending surgeons in the basic skills of minimally invasive surgery. 

Dr. David Fischer received recognition from his peers in the community as one of "Cincinnati's Top Docs" as published in Cincinnati Magazine in January 2010.