Our Providers
Kent
Van Sickle, MD
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Locations
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UT Health Surgical Weight Loss - Medical Arts & Research Center - MARC
8300 Floyd Curl Drive,
4th Floor - 4A
San Antonio, TX 78229 -
210-438-8446
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About Me
Dr. Van Sickle received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and completed his surgical residency training at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, GA and New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. He went into private practice in general surgery for four years in Anderson, SC before returning to academics in 2003 to complete a two-year fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and GI Surgery at Emory University Hospital. Dr. Van Sickle joined the faculty at UTHSCSA in Sept. 2005 and is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship. Dr. Van Sickle has consistently been selected as one of San Antonio's best surgeons by his peers and by his patients.
Gender
Male
Languages
English
Awards
Credentials
Education
Medical School:
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Residency:
Georgia Baptist Medical Center
Fellowship:
Emory University Hospital
Qualifications
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery
Treatment and Care
Specific areas of interest and expertise include:
- Abdominal Adhesions
- Abdominoperineal Resection
- About the Digestive System
- About the Men1 Gene
- Achalasia
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Adrenalectomy
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- Ampullary Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Anal Fistula
- Appendicitis
- Bariatric Surgery Overview
- Barrett'S Esophagus
- Benign Liver Tumors
- Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
- Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (BRPC)
- Bowel Obstruction
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Carcinoid Syndrome
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal)
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Colectomy
- Colon Cancer
- Complex Abdominal Wall Hernias
- Components Separation
- Conn's Syndrome
- Constipation
- Crohn'S Disease
- Cryosurgery
- Cushing'S Syndrome
- Cyberknife
- Distal Pancreatectomy
- Diverticulitis
- Enterocutaneous Fistula
- Epigastric & Umbilical Hernias
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagectomy
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
- Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism
- Fecal Incontinence
- Femoral (Thigh) Hernia
- Flank (Lumbar) Hernia
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallstones
- Gastrectomy
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Gerd)
- Gastrointestinal Complications of Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine (Carcinoid) Tumors
- Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors (Health Professionals)
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Genetics of Colorectal Cancer
- Giant Abdominal Wall Hernia
- Goiter
- Health Risks of Being Overweight
- Heller Myotomy
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hernia Overview
- Hiatal Hernia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Indigestion
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Inguinal Hernia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap-Band)
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)
- Liver Cysts
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Resection
- Lynch Syndrome
- Male Breast Cancer
- Medullary Thyroid Cancer
- Melanoma
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Microscopic Colitis
- Microwave Ablation
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndromes
- Nissen Fundoplication
- Obesity
- Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Open Ventral Hernia Repair
- Ostomy Surgery: Ileostomy & Colostomy
- Pancreatectomy
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors
- Pancreatic Pseudocysts
- Parastomal Hernia
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Parathyroidectomy
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Pheochromocytoma
- Portal Vein Embolization (PVE)
- Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum
- Presacral Tumors
- Proctocolectomy
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Rectal Cancer
- Recurrent Hernia
- Revisional Bariatric Surgery
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Spigelian Hernia
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
- Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Nodules
- Thyroidectomy
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Upper (GI) Endoscopy
- Ventral (Incisional) Hernia
- Volvulus (Twisting of the Colon)
- Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
- Yttrium-90 Radioembolization
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