Tiffany Cox, MD FACS

Active Duty Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeon. Attended medical school at UMKC in Kansas City, MO, residency at WRNMMC in Bethesda, MD, fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Faculty for the residency program at WRNMMC and Assistant Professor for the Department of Surgery at WRNMMC &USUHS as well as an Adjunct Professor at Carolinas Medical Center. Currently serving as Chief of General Surgery. Interests and previous publications in surgical education, simulation, robotic surgery, foregut, solid organ, abdominal wall reconstruction, innovation in technology for creation and now production of endoscopy simulator, development of a preoperative algorithm for elective non-cardiac surgery in the form of a mobile application, as well as previous and continued research interests in these fields. On national society committees including Robotics, Membership, Diversity, and Telementoring. Married for 16 years with three children age 7, 4, and 6 months.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures
• 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

Head and Neck

• head and neck surgery
• Zenker's diverticulum

Hernia Procedures

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

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• cellulitis
• component separation
• decubitus ulcer
• Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures
• skin and soft tissue infections
• skin biopsy
• skin grafting
• wound infections

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

• colectomy
• colon cancer screening
• colon surgery
• colonoscopy
• colostomy
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• intussusception
• laparoscopic colon surgery
• small bowel syndrome

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• endoscopic surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• Minimally Invasive Procedures
• robotic surgery

Portsmouth Naval Hospital

Portsmouth, VA

Attending

07/2013—06/2014

George H.W. Bush Carrier, Sole Surgeon

Norfolk, VA

Attending

07/2013—06/2014

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, MD

Attending

07/2016—Present

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert

Bethesda, MD

Assistant Professor

09/2016—Present