Kent Roderick Van Sickle, MD FACS

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 the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) in Sept. 2005 and is currently a Professor of Surgery and Division Chief of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Van Sickle’s areas of clinical interest include complex diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastroparesis, achalasia, and Paraesophageal hernias. Dr. Van Sickle also has expertise in bariatric and obesity surgery, including revisions of prior bariatric procedures and is the Medical Director for the University Health System Bariatric Surgery program. Other areas of clinical expertise include hernias of the inguinal canal (i.e. groin) and abdominal wall, including patients with chronic groin pain. Dr. Van Sickle also performs complex abdominal wall reconstruction for patients with large or recurrent ventral hernias, parastomal hernias, and enterocutaneous fistulas. Dr. Van Sickle is actively involved in local, regional and national leadership roles in surgery. He is an active member of multiple surgical societies including the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and currently serves on the Executive Council for the South Texas Chapter of the ACS, and was recently nominated to serve on the Board of Governors. Dr. Van Sickle also holds leadership roles in the Robotics Committee in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and is an active member of the Education Committee for the Americas Hernia Society (AHS).

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures
• biliopancreatic diversion
• gastroplasty
• laparoscopic gastric bypass
• roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure
• abdominal pain
• abdominoplasty
• adhesion removal
• anti-reflux procedures
• appendectomy
• esophagus perforation
• feeding tubes
• fundoplication
• fundoplication - laparoscopic
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• malrotation
• peptic ulcer disease
• peritonitis
• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• gallstone disease
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• pancreatic cysts
• pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

• abdominal hernia
• component separation
• epigastric hernia
• femoral hernia
• Hernia Procedures
• inguinal hernia
• laparoscopic hernia repair
• paraesophageal hernia
• umbilical hernia
• ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• cellulitis
• component separation
• decubitus ulcer
• epidermal cyst
• skin and soft tissue infections
• skin biopsy
• skin grafting
• wound infections

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

• anal abscess
• biopsy of tumors
• colectomy
• Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer
• colon cancer screening
• colon surgery
• colon/rectal cancer
• colonic polyps
• colostomy
• diverticular disease
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• ileostomy
• intussusception
• laparoscopic colon surgery
• Meckel's diverticulum
• small bowel syndrome

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• endoscopic surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• robotic surgery

Pain

• Management of Acute Pain

University Hosptial/University Health Systems

San Antonio, TX, TX

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

09/2005—Present

Christus Santa Rosa

San Antonio, TX

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

03/2008—Present

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Memphis, TN

Other

University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Clinical Professor

09/2005—Present