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Rana C. Pullatt, M.D.

Rana C. Pullatt, M.D.

Rana C. Pullatt, M.D., FACS, FASMBS, Diplomate in Obesity Medicine, is a Professor of Surgery and serves as the Clinical Director of Bariatric and Robotic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He specializes in Reoperative Foregut and Bariatric Surgery. He performed the first Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch and the first Single Anastomosis Duodenal switch in South Carolina. He also runs one of the few Structured Robotic Surgery training programs incorporated into the General Surgery Residency Program, which offers Robotic Surgery Certification for General Surgery residents at the Medical University of South Carolina.

He serves as the Director of Bariatric Surgery for VISN-7 at the Ralph H Johnson VAMC where he offers Bariatric Surgery for Veterans from South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He is the President of the Carolinas Chapter of the ASMBS. He is the Co-Chair of the International Committee of the ASMBS and also serves as a member of the Clinical issues Committee of the ASMBS and the Patient Safety Committee of IFSO.

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