MARIA ILIAKOVA,
MD, MBA, MSc, FACS
General, Bariatric, Robotic Surgeon
My goal is to help hospitals improve access to the safest surgical care, everywhere.
Robotic & Laparoscopic General Surgery Hiatal hernia repair | Fundoplication | Hernia repair | Cholecystectomy | Appendectomy | Bowel resection
Bariatric Surgery Gastric sleeve | Gastric bypass | SADI
Endoscopy EGD | Colonoscopy
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SURGERY
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Board Certified: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
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Fellowship: Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery: Hackensack University Medical Center
General Surgery Residency: UMKC Surgery
Internship: Carle Foundation Hospital
MD: University of Kansas
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Medical Director Robotic Surgery, Bariatric & General Surgeon: Mercy Iowa City, 2022-2023
Lead Surgeon & CEO, Innovation Surgical, 2023-2025
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LEADERSHIP & TECH
MBA, NYU Stern School of Business
Fulbright Fellow, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
Patent: (63/ 603,410): System For Storage and Sorting of Surgical Instruments
BariBuddy: AI bariatric patient assistant
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Co-Chair ASMBS Insurance Committee: Insurance Denials Toolkit, Ideal Bariatric Insurance Policy
SAGES Robotics Committee: Telesurgery regulation
SAGES Surgical Data Science Committee
MSc Biochemistry & Bioinformatics: Georgetown
BS Biology, BA Chemistry, BA Spanish: UMKC
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Book: Exploring Better Quality of Life: The Patient's Guide to Bariatric Surgery
